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Healthcare is our specialty. You’re our focus.

Your life’s work deserves the right deal. Let’s get it right.

You've built something significant in healthcare. Now, as you consider your next strategic move, you need advisors who truly understand the intricacies – and the heart – of this industry.

What makes us different?

  • We’ve sat in your seat – and across the table. Our people have bought, built and sold healthcare companies.

  • We understand what’s at stake. It’s personal, and you only get one shot to do it right.

  • We’re in it together. You’ll have experts at your side and a team that has your back.
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The Deals Speak for Themselves.

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We consulted with VERTESS to assist us with a complex merger with another nonprofit. Since the merger we have continued to use their services in implementing the merger and integrating our operations. VERTESS has great skills and insights that have provided tremendous benefit and I highly recommend them.

Chuck Burbank
CEO
SAMHC
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VERTESS has an unusual ability to bring out the best in people while at the same time helping them accomplish things they didn’t know they could do. VERTESS is the complete package: a thinker, a communicator and a results-oriented doer.

John Case
Author
Open Book Management
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MOSAIC Logo

We used VERTESS’ consultation services in completing divestiture and sale to a major national company. The process went very smoothly and their guidance was invaluable.

Linda Timmons
President/CEO
MOSAIC
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Genesis Development Logo

We sought out VERTESS for consultation based on their demonstrated expertise and knowledge of significant changes in the Iowa healthcare marketplace. From the beginning, VERTESS brought thoughtful guidance to the creation of our development and growth plan and involved all key staff and Board members in the process. As a result, we have a united team with a compelling vision for what lies ahead. We will consider VERTESS part of our Genesis team going forward.

Terry Johnson
CEO
Genesis Development
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Homes for Independent Living

VERTESS assisted us through several complex meetings during which we laid out our future growth and diversification strategy. We were so impressed with VERTESS' strong, direct yet friendly style that we asked them back as we contemplated sharing resources with a sister company. By the end of another series of facilitated meetings we concluded that we should merge the two companies entirely. VERTESS helped us through the difficult process of planning the implementation and did it in a very efficient manner. VERTESS is unique in the world of consultants. They not only bring more real world experience than most, they also have real insight into human behavior and their calm yet direct style makes things happen.

Lincoln Burr
Director
Homes for Independent Living
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Regina Gillispie
Former Owner
Best Home Medical / Valley Medical Equipment
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Soreo

VERTESS encouraged the development of our management team, helping us to improve morale, customer service, and bottom-line results at a major transition point for our company. As an owner, I particularly appreciated their collaborative approach to planning and implementation. Based on our results, I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them to other executives and owners seeking qualified assistance.

Wendy Sokol
Co-Owner/CEO
SOREO In-Home Services & Past President of ANCOR
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Gammage and Burnham Logo

VERTESS is a creative thinker, thorough and reliable, and a force for change. Their breadth of experience in health care management, particularly in the areas of behavioral health, developmental disabilities and systems change, including building consensus, makes them a unique resource who I do not hesitate to recommend to my clients for outside consulting.

John Dacey
Partner
Gammage & Burnham
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Lutheran Social Services Logo

VERTESS provided outstanding strategic consulting services that resulted in significant operational and financial progress for our organization over a two-year period. In particular, they helped us to unleash the potential of our managers and other employees as we dealt with a challenging funding environment. They were also a trusted advisor as I was making critical executive decisions that would shape our future. In short, the results were outstanding and highly recommend VERTESS for helping you to see the future and acting on it.

Charles Monroe
President/CEO
Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest
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Kevin Bilderback
CEO
BlueDot Medical
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Actual Media Logo

VERTESS is that rare business leader with the ability to see problems in multiple dimensions and craft solutions that harness innovation and leverage human talent. In collaborating with them on multiple projects I found VERTESS to be a true strategic visionary, with a gift for communicating goals in ways that empower every individual in the organization. Their constant focus on creating value makes them always open to new ideas and never afraid to embrace change. Small wonder other business executives frequently seek their guidance on ways to energize their companies and navigate challenges. I feel fortunate to have worked with VERTESS and to have witnessed first hand their formidable talent for organizational leadership.

Jerry Cobb
Managing Partner/Principal
Actual Media
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We sought VERTESS’ assistance as we were looking for a strategic acquisition for our nonprofit in a new geographic area. They helped us find the ideal candidate so we could move forward with a very positive transaction.

John Markley
CEO
H Group

Healthcare Sectors We Serve

Medical Billing/RCM

Medical Billing/RCM

Helping transition revenue cycle management and financial health businesses

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Dental

Dental

Strategic transactions for dental practices and orthodontics groups

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Veterinary

Veterinary

M&A advisory for veterinary practices and animal surgery centers

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SUD/Behavioral Health

SUD/Behavioral Health

Experienced M&A support for organizations treating substance use disorders and mental health

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Previous Transactions

Buy-Side Advisory
Rehab Medical, Inc., a leading national provider of complex rehab and mobility services acquired Austin Wheelchair Co., Inc., a Texas-based complex rehab provider.
Buy-Side Advisory
Alpine Investors, Inc., a San Francisco-based private equity firm acquired Acumen, Inc., a national provider of technology-enabled fiscal agent services for people with disabilities.
Buy-Side Advisory
Rehab Medical, Inc., a leading national provider of complex rehab and mobility services acquired Priority Medical, LLC, a Georgia-based mobility products provider.
Sell-Side Advisory
Keystone Specialty Pharmacy, a Mississippi-based customized, specialty pharmacy was acquired by Novastone Capital Advisors (NCA), a Switzerland-based private equity firm.
Sell-Side Advisory
Momentum, a Maine-based provider of shared living and other services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities was acquired by Mosaic, Inc., a national nonprofit serving people with intellectual/developmental disabilities.
Sell-Side Advisory
United Medical Providers, Inc., a national provider of urology products and catheters was acquired by Home Care Delivered, Inc., a national medical supply provider.
Sell-Side Advisory
Apex Infusion Pharmacy, a California-based provider of ambulatory infusion therapy services was acquired by FFL Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on middle-market technology and healthcare services.
Sell-Side Advisory
Soreo In Home Support Services, LLC, an Arizona-based provider of in-home supports to the aging and people with disabilities was acquired by Mosaic, Inc., a national nonprofit serving people with intellectual/ developmental disabilities.
Sell-Side Advisory
Savage Family Pharmacy, a Pennsylvania-based family pharmacy was acquired by a private buyer.
Sell-Side Advisory
Empowerment Options, Inc., a Virginian provider of diverse behavioral healthcare services was acquired by ResCare, Inc., a national healthcare and human services company.
Sell-Side Advisory
Total Health Drug Mart, a Florida-based mail order pharmacy was acquired by Direct Success, a New Jersey-based full service pharmacy.
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Hope Medical Supply, a Texas-based DME disposables / urology provider was acquired by a European-based leader in providing urology products and catheter manufacturing.

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Mergers & Acquisitions: Behind TrumpCare

Originally Published by HME News on January 3, 2017

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M&A market holds steady in 2016

Originally Published by HME News on January 6, 2017

YARMOUTH, Maine – The pace of acquisitions slowed down a bit in 2016, but overall it was a decent year for buyers, say analysts.

“The big deals have stalled out a bit, but you have a lot of people that are shopping and acquiring the…

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M&A: Home Medical Equipment

Originally Published by HME News on April 21, 2017

YARMOUTH, Maine – After a slow first quarter, buyer appetites for HME businesses are picking up, say M&A analysts.

“There’s still more sellers than buyers, but transactions are getting done,” said Rick Glass, president of Steven…

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