The Corner Series

Compliance is no longer a fire drill to be ignored. Wiks Moffat , founder and CEO of Calyx Compliance with 30 years of healthcare compliance experience, says the enforcement environment has accelerated, with AI now helping regulators spot outliers. In conversation with McGuireWoods partner and host Geoff Cockrell , Wiks explains how most companies still aren’t doing enough self-assessment, how bil...

Ian Gardner and his wife struggled to assemble a holistic care team during her pregnancy. At the end of their journey, they had a son — and a solution they called MilkWise, a one-stop portal where mothers can access experts and specialists so they can focus on their infants, not on searching through their various healthcare packages. “We saw platforms and companies that provided specific component...

McGuireWoods partner and host Geoff Cockrell invites colleague Amy Cassalia — whose practice is heavily weighted on life sciences transactions — to share insights about the post-closing period of these complex deals. The wide-ranging conversation covers the dynamics of “contingent consideration,” investor risk and buyers’ leverage. Amy explains why she sees high-level use of contingent payments in...

The secondary market has grown to roughly $220 billion as GPs and LPs scramble for liquidity in a private markets cycle stuck in a “worse distribution profile” for three and a half years. Chris Lawrence , managing partner at Labyrinth Capital Partners, joins McGuireWoods partner and host Geoff Cockrell to demystify GP-led secondaries. Chris breaks down continuation vehicles, strip sales and fund r...

Oncology commands roughly 40% of the national drug spend. Retina is close behind. “If you follow the drug spend, you’ll find that the distributors are really building an ecosystem around it,” says Jeanne Proia , managing director at Cross Keys Capital and president of its healthcare services group. In this conversation with McGuireWoods partner and host Geoff Cockrell , Jeanne unpacks the market....

This special episode is a crossover between The Corner Series and Provident’s Healthcare DealCast released across both McGuireWoods’ and Provident Healthcare Partners’ channels. McGuireWoods partner Geoff Cockrell is joined by Steve Grassa , director of Provident Healthcare Partners, for a wide-ranging discussion on the healthcare services landscape including the provider services market, opportun...

How did Allied Digestive Health build a gastroenterology program that’s “second to none” with roughly 200 gastroenterologists across New York and New Jersey? CEO Matt Devine unpacks the strategies, such as investing in technology and having one EMR across the platform that’s world class. “If we’re just going out and getting larger, that’s nice and that’s admirable. But what we really need to do at...

“Our big mantra is: ‘Medicine is local,’ ” says Kevin Baker , who partners with emergency medicine groups across the United States in his role as director of development at Emergency Care Partners. In this conversation with McGuireWoods partner and host Geoff Cockrell , Kevin lays out the landscape of the U.S. emergency department sector, where about a third of hospitals now in-source their physic...

One of the most misunderstood provisions in the entire tax code, the Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) has been around for more than 30 years. Yet it remained largely dormant — until now. The QSBS is “unlike anything in the code,” says Shahrooz Shahnavaz , a tax partner at McGuireWoods. In this conversation with colleague and host Geoff Cockrell , Shahrooz reviews the history of this unique be...

Home and alternate-site infusion therapy is a highly fragmented market. Just two large players command 35% to 40% market share while more than 800 smaller providers making up the remainder. And that fragmentation is exactly what's drawing private equity interest. Don Hooker , director of research at Bourne Partners, a leading life science investment firm, joins McGuireWoods partner and host Geoff...

Fifty years ago, the United States had 75 car companies. Today, there are fewer than five. The same consolidation dynamics are reshaping physician practice management, says Ezra Simons , a co-founder and partner at Physician Growth Partners, which has been on the leading edge of consolidation in provider practices nationwide. “I think what we’ll see over the next 10 years of physician practice man...

From his perspective as CEO and managing partner at Physician Growth Partners, Michael Kroin sees an “interesting time” where different types of buyers are getting into the provider services sector at the same time that payers are aggressively pursuing independent practices. “You see payers start to have interest in these private equity-backed groups as well or continue to have interest. So, that...

“Fund one is tough,” says Henry Yan , principal at Whistler Capital Partners, reflecting on the firm’s successful first fundraise. In this conversation with McGuireWoods partner and host Geoff Cockrell , Henry unpacks the challenges and opportunities of raising capital as an emerging manager in today’s competitive fundraising environment. Tune in for his thoughts about the use of placement agents...

“We’re predicting that 2026 will be a bit stronger than 2025 in terms of overall deal activity,” says Rebecca Springer , director of market development at Bailey & Company, a healthcare-dedicated investment banking group. In a three-part installment of the “Corner Series Shorts” format, where McGuireWoods partner and host Geoff Cockrell dives into a narrower topic with experts, Rebecca shares...

“We’re predicting that 2026 will be a bit stronger than 2025 in terms of overall deal activity,” says Rebecca Springer , director of market development at Bailey & Company , a healthcare-dedicated investment banking group. In a three-part installment of the “Corner Series Shorts” format, where McGuireWoods partner and host Geoff Cockrell dives into a narrower topic with experts, Rebecca shares...

“We're predicting that 2026 will be a bit stronger than 2025 in terms of overall deal activity," says Rebecca Springer , director of market development at Bailey & Company, a healthcare-dedicated investment banking group. In the latest installment of the “Corner Series Shorts” format, where host Geoff Cockrell dives into a narrower topic with experts, Rebecca unpacks where the deal activity is...

Lower middle-market private equity in government-reimbursed healthcare requires a different playbook — one that balances controlling ownership with founder retention to build long-term value. Evolve Capital has become a subject matter expert in the Medicare-reimbursed home healthcare space, and principal Ben Mackay shares the playbooks with McGuireWoods partner and host Geoff Cockrell . Tune in fo...

As founder and CEO of Nyoo Health, Priya Bathija encourages healthcare leaders to ask questions, starting with, “How does this impact women differently?” Nyoo Health helps leaders align, inspire and execute initiatives that strengthen women’s health services and position their organizations at the forefront of care. In this conversation with McGuireWoods’ Micaela Enger and Gretchen Townshend, Priy...

A range of new mental health treatments are available to Western medicine, and practitioners are figuring out how to use them effectively. Matt Brockmeier , co-founder and chief legal officer at Entheogyn and of counsel at Antithesis Law, joins Rebecca Nicholson , foundation director and wellness advisor at Prime Quadrant, to explore this evolving landscape with McGuireWoods partner and host Geoff...

Payor services is an “enormous marketplace,” says Patrick Keavy , managing director at Bailey & Co. In this conversation with McGuireWoods partner and host Geoff Cockrell , Patrick, who focuses on payor services within healthcare, shares his insights about the market and its future. Tune in as he reviews the growth of employer-sponsored healthcare, cost-containment strategies that companies ca...

The tables turn as McGuireWoods partner and host Geoff Cockrell steps into the guest seat, and Gordon Maner , CEO of the AMB group of companies and co-founder of Frontline Healthcare Partners, takes on hosting duties. Gordon and Geoff explore critical dynamics in healthcare M&A, from preparing first-time sellers for the rigors of a transaction to navigating the delicate partnership between pri...

From New York to the Rocky Mountains, Marc Cabrera’s journey has spanned high-stakes healthcare deals to hands-on community service. Once a Wall Street investment banker, Cabrera is now the founder of Four Corners Capital, a Colorado-based investment firm focused on healthcare. In this conversation with McGuireWoods partner and host Geoff Cockrell , he shares how his view on making an impact has e...

Returning guest Lauren Makhoul , principal of Avalere Health, explains how private equity allows healthcare providers to focus on what matters most while business professionals handle the administrative burdens. With McGuireWoods partner and host Geoff Cockrell , she highlights compelling evidence from recent studies showing how private equity-backed physician groups deliver better outcomes with l...

“For clients in the healthcare space, having a state-based compliance program has grown in importance,” says Tim Fry , partner in the healthcare group at McGuireWoods. With McGuireWoods colleague and host Geoff Cockrell , Tim unpacks how state-specific legal treatment has changed dramatically in the last several years. He explains how states such as California and Oregon built hostility to private...

Lauren Makhoul of Avalere Health returns for the second installment of The Corner Series Shorts to discuss rooting out bad actors in private equity. In this conversation with McGuireWoods partner and host Geoff Cockrell , Lauren advocates for a “nuanced perspective” that addresses the loopholes allowing bad actors to exist. She explains how mechanisms such as single TIN-billing exploitation affect...