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Eric Yetter

Managing Director & Healthcare Team Leader
Eric Yetter is an investment banker focused on healthcare. His practice includes healthcare services, outsourced services, medical devices, and healthcare IT. Mr. Yetter has completed a variety of healthcare transactions, many with private equity firms and PE-backed companies. His past clients include leading physician groups, healthcare facilities, and institutional healthcare investors.

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How to Manage Risks When Selling Your Physician Practice

Based on the large number of medical practices acquired over the past decade, you may think selling your practice is a routine process. That may be the case for private equity firms and other acquirers who have done numerous deals, but for practice owners who have never been through the process before – and probably …

What is the Value of my Medical Practice?

This article focuses on how medical practices are valued by private equity-backed groups, and to an extent, health systems and other strategic acquirers. Only some specialties are candidates for this type of transaction, while others may rely on more traditional physician-to-physician deals (often buying and selling for asset value plus “goodwill”).

Specialties that are currently …

ENT & Allergy Practices Attract Private Equity

Armed with anywhere between $2 trillion and $4 trillion of “dry powder”—with about half of that targeted to healthcare—private equity firms have a lot of capital to put to work. One area receiving interest is the ear, nose, and throat (ENT) and allergy field.

For the past several decades, at least, the general trend in …

Private Equity Interest in Orthopedics Grows

Compared to other medical fields like dentistry and dermatology, private equity involvement in orthopedic practices has been relatively small. But that’s been changing over the past few years and is likely to continue to grow moving forward.

Private Equity’s Increasing Consolidation of Oncology Practices 

On April 23 a group led by private equity firm TPG agreed to acquire OneOncology, the nation’s largest independent community oncology network, in a deal valued at $2.1 billion. AmerisourceBergen, the big drug wholesaler, is buying a minority stake in the firm; OneOncology’s affiliated practices, physicians, and management team will also retain a minority interest.

OPHTHALMOLOGY: A Great Time for Sellers to Do a Deal

The ophthalmology sector continues to be a robust market entering Q2 2023. There are more than 25 core private equity platforms within ophthalmology, plus smaller regional PE-backed groups. Read more here.

Real Estate Valuations Explained

How do practice valuations compare to those of real estate? What does it take to maximize real estate value? Watch our video to learn more.

EBITDA Valuations Explained

Do you know what two factors drive the most value in your practice sale? How are practices even valued by private equity investors? Hear it directly from one of our seasoned investment bankers.