James McFaddin
The Southern Group
mcfaddin@sostrategy.com
(850) 671-4401
Po Box 10570, Tallahassee, FL, 32302-2570, 
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1) Advantage Behavioral Health Services
2) Ambrosia Treatment Centers
3) Aon Benfield
4) Apple Inc
5) Autism Speaks, Inc.
6) Bamboo Health
7) BASS Partners, LLC
8) BrightStar Care
9) Calibrate Health, Inc.
10) Capital Health Plan
11) Centurion Group, Inc.
12) Easterseals Northeast Central Florida
13) Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.
14) Encompass Health Corporation
15) Ernst & Young LLP
16) Florida Blue
17) Florida Senior Living Association
18) GuideWell Group, Inc.
19) Humana, Inc
20) IBM
21) Inception Fertility Ventures
22) International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
23) KidsSpot
24) LifeStance Health Group, Inc.
25) MAXIMUS
26) McKesson Corporation
27) MCNA Dental Plans
28) One Call Care Management
29) One Homecare Solutions LLC
30) One Path Diagnostics, LLC
31) Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care, Inc
32) Prominence Health Plan
33) Public Consulting Group
34) ReedGroup, LLC
35) Ride Solution, Inc.
36) Salesforce.com, Inc.
37) Siemens Corporation
38) South Wake Capital
39) Tenet Healthcare Corporation
40) The Southern Group
41) Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, U.S.
11-15 years
James H. McFaddin comes to Southern Strategy Group from Health Management Associates (now Community Health Systems), a Fortune 500 hospital company with over 200 hospitals in 29 states, where he served as Director of Government Affairs. James was responsible for representing the company's interests in Washington, DC, state capitals including Tallahassee, and in front of state health care agencies and local governments.Prior to joining Health Management Associates, James served as Chief of Staff for the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (Agency). As Chief of Staff, James was involved in the management and operations of the Agency including the Florida Medicaid Program, the regulation of Florida's health care facilities, and oversight of the Agency's $20 billion budget. During this time, James was also appointed by the Governor to manage the state's federally-mandated health information exchange activities as Florida's Health Information Technology Coordinator. Prior to being named Chief of Staff, James served as the Agency's Legislative Affairs Director.Before joining the Agency, James served as the Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs for the Executive Office of the Governor where he worked to develop and coordinate passage of the Governor's legislative and budget priorities. James has also served as a Senior Analyst in the Florida Senate specializing in health care, criminal justice, and agricultural issues.A native of South Carolina, James graduated from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, where he earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in Economics and Political Science.
Last Updated: March 28, 2024