Mr. Valentine is president of The Camden Group. With more than 25 years of health care consulting experience, he has considerable expertise in the areas of strategic planning, business transactions, mergers, hospital-medical group relationships, and financial analysis. Mr. Valentine was the issue editor and an early pioneer on hospital turnarounds (topics in HealthCare Financing: Financially Troubled Hospitals). He is a nationally recognized author and speaker on health care issues. Mr. Valentine is often quoted in Modern Healthcare, Managed Care Outlook, Los Angeles Times, and Health Care Leaders, as well as other publications. Mr. Valentine is frequently invited to present his assessment of the industry trends and its future outlook.
Mr. Valentine has directed numerous strategic planning and merger engagements for a wide variety of health care organizations. He is a recognized facilitator of hospital board, medical staff, and management retreats. He is on the editorial board of two publications and a panel expert on another. He also sits on the Board and Chairs the Audit Committee of HealthCare Partners, Ltd. a MSO managing over 500,000 lives. Additionally, Mr. Valentine serves on the Program Advisory Board at the USC School of Policy, Planning and Development, Partners in Care Foundation, Healthcare Leadership Report, Alliance Imaging, Inc. and Gerson Lehrman Group’s Council of Healthcare Advisors. Prior to joining The Camden Group, he was an engagement executive in Ernst & Young's Health Care Business Advisory Group. His previous experience included senior positions at Amherst Associates, Pacific Health Resources, National Medical Enterprises, and the Health Systems Agency of San Diego and Imperial Counties. He was selected by California Medicine as one of California's top 100 most influential people, and he also received a similar honor for Los Angeles County from the Los Angeles Business Journal. He was honored with the USC Health Services Administration Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Award.
Mr. Valentine earned his bachelor's degree from San Diego State University and his master's in health services administration from the University of Southern California. He also completed the Ernst & Young Management program with the Kellogg School at Northwestern University.
Presentation/Facilitation Topics
- Future of Healthcare
- Leadership & Strategy
- Medical Staff Issues
- Physician Relations
- Physician Alignment
- Acquisitions
- Transactions
