A solutions-oriented professional services firm focused on healthcare provider operational and financial performance improvement
John Behzad, FACHE
Principal
ABOUT JOHN
John is a passionate, tenacious and results-oriented healthcare executive with deep industry knowledge and more than 20 years of experience in hospital and medical group operational and financial performance improvement. He has facilitated large-scale health system mergers, provided strategic oversight and day-to-day management for hospital and ambulatory service operations, and negotiated exceptional commercial rates with health plans. John has substantial experience in preparing and managing operational and capital budgets as well as long-range financial plans.
PRIOR EXPERIENCE
John began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers and joined Tenet Healthcare where, for 10 years, he performed and led operational efficiency, financial and IT analyses and audits. He then facilitated and supported three large-scale health system mergers in Northern California and the Mid-Atlantic region. John then served Johns Hopkins Medicine as Director of Office of EVP/COO, and service line administrator where he designed and implemented a successful turn-around plan.
John was named California Rehabilitation Institute’s first CEO, in March 2015, to build and lead the largest acute rehabilitation hospital on the West Coast. He led the start-up efforts, secured readiness for State and TJC surveys and successfully opened the hospital, and then oversaw the direction, strategy and operations for the hospital. Most recently, John served Children’s Health of Orange County (CHOC), for two years, as Vice President of Strategic Planning, Business Development and Partnerships.
EDUCATION
John received his MBA from the Johns Hopkins University and completed several executive education programs at Harvard, Stanford and Wharton. He is a FACHE, CPA and CISA.