Accordion, an AI- and data-powered financial consulting firm focused on private equity, has acquired Pinnacle Healthcare Advisors in a move aimed at expanding its Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) offering as health systems contend with sustained margin pressure. The transaction strengthens Accordion’s RCM Center of Excellence and adds deeper healthcare provider expertise in cash collections, accounts receivable reduction, EHR optimization, and long-term revenue operations.
Accordion said the combination brings together its established RCM team and technical capabilities with Pinnacle’s consulting track record across health systems, acute-care organizations, and healthcare services companies. The firm positioned the deal as part of a broader investment in RCM as providers navigate labor shortages, payer complexity, reimbursement delays, and rising denial rates—dynamics that have elevated revenue cycle performance from a back-office function to a strategic priority for operators and investors.
In recent months, Accordion has continued building out its RCM platform, including the hiring of Managing Directors Arthur Yount and Lane Jackson, who co-lead the firm’s RCM Center of Excellence. The expanded team is focused on RCM redesign, EHR optimization, data strategy, and financial performance improvement, with Pinnacle adding particular depth in Epic and Meditech, including Epic-certified talent.
As part of the transaction, approximately 20 Pinnacle professionals have joined Accordion. Former Pinnacle principals Andrew Jacobsen and Todd Hakala have joined Accordion as managing directors, with the combined organization expected to scale RCM engagements and respond to increasing client demand across the healthcare ecosystem and the broader private equity investment lifecycle.
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“Healthcare enterprises are facing some of the most challenging financial conditions in decades. Revenue cycle efficiency has become the industry’s ultimate value lever. Pinnacle fundamentally advances our RCM capabilities and cements Accordion as the partner best equipped to deliver the level of operational and financial transformation this environment demands.”
Nick Leopard, Founder & CEO, Accordion
“Revenue cycle performance is one of the most powerful, yet unpredictable, drivers of financial outcomes for healthcare investors. We’ve seen tremendous momentum under Arthur and Lane’s leadership. This acquisition continues that strategy: enhancing our capabilities, deepening our technical expertise, and scaling a team already delivering measurable improvement for health systems and healthcare services organizations. This is a natural next step that strengthens our ability to provide CFOs with greater predictability, accelerated cash, and a clearer path to margin expansion.”
“The result is an even stronger RCM Center of Excellence built for decisive, enterprise-level improvement. Together with Pinnacle, we bring a level of RCM capability and scale that meaningfully elevates what healthcare investors and operators can expect from a performance partner.”
Junaid Samnani, President, Finance & Technology Solutions, Accordion
“Our work has always focused on enabling healthcare organizations to achieve the financial performance strong revenue cycle operations make possible.”
Andrew Jacobsen, former Principal at Pinnacle, now Managing Director, Accordion
“Joining Accordion gives us a broader platform to advance the work we’re known for: driving measurable, lasting improvements in revenue cycle performance. With expanded analytical, technical, and operational capabilities behind us, we can deliver greater impact, at greater scale, across the healthcare ecosystem.”
Todd Hakala, also a former Principal at Pinnacle, now Managing Director, Accordion
