Robert James Cimasi, MHA, ASA, CBA, AVA, CM&AA is President of HEALTH CAPITAL CONSULTANTS (HCC), a nationally recognized healthcare financial and economic consulting firm. With over 25 years of experience in serving clients, in over 49 states, his professional focus is on the financial and economic aspects of healthcare service sector entities including: valuation consulting; litigation support & expert testimony; business intermediary and capital formatting services; certificate-of-need and other regulatory and policy planning consulting; and, healthcare industry transactions including joint ventures, sales, mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures.

Mr. Cimasi holds a Masters in Health Administration from the University of Maryland, the Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) designation in Business Valuation, as well as, the Certified Business Appraiser (CBA), Accredited Valuation Analyst (AVA), and the Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor (CM&AA). He is a nationally known speaker on healthcare industry topics, who has served as conference faculty or presenter for such organizations as the American Society of Appraisers (ASA), the Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA), the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), the National Society of Certified Healthcare Business Consultants(NSCHBC), Academy Health, Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), the American Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers (AAASC), Physician Hospitals of America (PHA) f/k/a American Surgical Hospital Association (ASHA), National Litigation Support Services Association (NLSSA), as well as many other national and state healthcare industry associations and professional societies, trade groups, companies and organizations. He has been certified and has served as an expert witness on cases in numerous states, and has provided testimony before federal and state legislative committees. In 2006, Mr. Cimasi was honored with the prestigious Shannon Pratt Award in Business Valuation conferred by the Institute of Business Appraisers.