Magi Curtis
Executive Vice President J.S. Held LLC
- Nashville TN
Trusted Advisor to Healthcare Executives | Change Management Expert | Executive Leader | Public Affairs Strategist
Media
Biography
Magi has guided some of the nation’s leading health systems and provider-based organizations as they navigated enterprise level change management initiatives, strategic partnerships and post-merger integration, strategic positioning, government relations and significant issue campaigns, crisis events, and internal and external engagement efforts. She has also worked closely with the founders of emerging healthcare companies to scale their business and establish operational structures to maximize productivity and enable growth.
Prior to joining J.S. Held, Magi was a partner at a top national healthcare consulting firm (Jarrard, Phillips, Cate & Hancock, part of Chartis), where she built, grew and led their practice that served all of the firm’s national and academic health system clients across the country. Magi also worked in D.C. in health policy as a staffer in the U.S. Senate, at Navigant Consulting, and the Children’s Hospital Association.
Magi is a graduate of The Ohio State University. She is a member of Women Business Leaders in the U.S. Healthcare Industry (WBL), and she serves on the boards for The Healing Trust and The Ohio State University School of Communication.
Magi is a frequent contributor to industry publications, such as those for the Governance Institute and O’Dwyer’s
Industry Expertise
Areas of Expertise
Media Appearances
Wave of Outrage: Payers Lie Low After CEO's Shocking Death Sparks Public Backlash
FT Specialist - Health Payer Specialist online
2024-12-11
"If I were advising the C-suite of a payer organization I'd say it's time to look inward and examine what their organization is doing to try to drive down costs, whether they are looking to change the culture of the insurance industry to focus on the patient," said Magi Curtis, EVP at JS Held healthcare consulting firm in Nashville, Tenn.
Event Appearances
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Department of Health Policy
2022
Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management
2022
Healthcare Practice Retreat
2018 | Bradley
Illinois Hospital Association
2018
American Health Care Lawyers Association
2017 | Annual Meeting
Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania
2016
Middle Tennessee State University
2015
Healthcare Law and Compliance
2015 | Annual Meeting
Affiliations
- The Healing Trust : Board Member
- Women Business Leaders of the US Health Care Industry Foundation (WBL) : Member
- The Ohio State University School of Communication : Advancment Board Member
Articles
Inside the Healthcare Industry: The Critical Role of Medical Coding, Billing & Nurse Review
JD Supra2025
In this Q&A conversation, healthcare expert Magi Curtis, speaks with medical billing & nurse consultants Kari Williamson and Pamela Hernandez about their medical bill review, coding, and nurse consulting team, who have a great deal of experience helping healthcare clients in both proactive and reactive mode.
Inside the Healthcare Industry: Challenges Facing Investors, Lenders, and Leaders of Behavioral Health Companies
JD Supra2024
In this abridged Q&A conversation, Healthcare expert Magi Curtis, and Turnaround Management experts, Brian Gleason and Michael Gaul, provide insights into how behavioral health organizations should be thinking and acting to improve both their finances and operations. They also discuss the concerns of investors and lenders by pointing out both the pitfalls and opportunities in this healthcare subsector.
Inside the Healthcare Industry: The Impact of Human Factors & User Experience in Healthcare
JD Supra2024
In this abridged Q&A conversation from a more extensive interview that healthcare expert Magi Curtis conducted with human factors / user experience experts Robert Rauschenberger and Joseph Pauszek, several important topics are discussed – from the role human factors play in medical and patient safety and in medical product design, to how consumer desires and demands are changing the way leaders in the healthcare and life sciences industries are thinking about user experience as they design products, workflows, and more.
Inside the Healthcare Industry: The Growing Importance of Intellectual Property Valuations
JD Supra2024
In this Q&A conversation, Healthcare expert Magi Curtis, and IP experts, Noor Al-Banna, and Greg Campanella discuss how the changing landscape of protecting, managing, and most importantly, valuing intangible assets affects companies in the healthcare and life sciences industry.
Inside the Healthcare Industry: Understanding Emerging Data Privacy & Security Risks and Regulations
JD Supra2023
In this Q&A conversation, Healthcare expert Magi Curtis, and Digital Investigations & Discovery experts George Platsis and Antonio Rega, discuss the intersection of cybersecurity and data privacy with government regulation as it applies to the healthcare industry.
AHLA Takeaway: Healthcare Executives, Is Your House In Order?
JD Supra2023
Walking away from the American Health Law Association’s annual conference, I’m feeling energized from (re)connecting with friends and colleagues, inspired by the complex and transformational work being done throughout the country to drive healthcare into the future, and mildly concerned for all my current, past, and prospective clients about the challenges that lie ahead if they are not prepared.
The Rise of Hospital Government Relations: How Does Your Organization Stack Up?
The Governance Institute2015
Authored the nation’s only benchmark report that compiles data from hospital and health system government relations leaders across the country and analyzes data on how these organizations’ structure, budget, utilize contract lobbyists, determine goals, and measure success for their government relations efforts.
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Languages
- English
Education
The Ohio State University
B.A.
Political Science and Child Development
2001
