Our March Member Spotlight features Matthew Harrison of Harrison Law, PLLC. Matthew has been a memeber of IR Global since 2016 as our exclusive Construction Law and Civil Law member in Arizona. He is the founding member of Harrison Law and has been practicing law for over 18 years. “Getting corporate judgments in the millions of dollars is great, […]
Volume 5 Issue 7, March 27, 2018 By Bradley M. Smith, ATP, CMAA and Hilsman Knight, CMAA Several years ago, DME competitive bidding was instituted by Medicare and the impact has been dramatic. Many smaller DMEs that could not successfully compete sold their assets, restructured their business, or simply closed their doors. Other DME companies, […]
When Matthew Harrison speaks to young people about career choices, he advises them to focus on what they are passionate about and success will follow. Resisting the temptation to follow only monetary compensation is a difficult philosophy, but one that has influenced Matthew to become the head of his own business law practice in Phoenix, […]
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The language of today’s healthcare marketplace is infused with the word “trends” – reimbursement trends, trends in innovation, managed care trends, and trends of EBITDA multiples for acquisitions in healthcare. We seemingly cannot escape the self-delusion of perfect timing and prediction. Leaders of the most successful healthcare companies recognize that trends are important. However, they […]
Tucson, Arizona, November 29, 2017 – Healthcare M+A advisory firm VERTESS continues its strategic growth with the addition of Eric Hymes, a respected Durable Medical Equipment (DME) executive, as a Managing Director. Eric initiated his healthcare journey early in his career with the US Army as a Combat Medic. Since that hands-on introduction to healthcare […]
Volume 4 Issue 22, October 24, 2017 By Bradley Smith, ATP, CMAA The rapidly evolving DME/HME market continues to grow in volume despite significant downward pressure from insurers. This market has experienced significant consolidation in recent years, in part as a result of fee schedule changes introduced by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services […]
Bradley Smith ATP, CMAAManaging Director/ Partner, Vertess
Matthew Harrison “A business client based in Arizona with retail locations in the Western United States plans to expand its retail locations to central Virginia. As a result, we are collaborating with Crenshaw, Ware & Martin (specifically attorney Steven Brinker) to represent our client’s specific future Virginia legal matters. Client and Mr. Brinker and Mr. […]
Matthew Harrison “A business client based in Arizona is expanding its retail sales locations to Colorado. As a result, and because of unique Colorado state and municipal regulations involving the specific industry the company is involved with, we are collaborating with Donald T. Emmi to represent our client’s specific Colorado legal matters. Specifically, Mr. Emmi’s […]
Practical Guidlines for Employers involving Employees and prospective Employees Over the course of the last year, especially during the most recent election cycle, the airwaves have been inundated with news of individuals caught in one scandal after another involving their use of the Internet and various social media platforms. In certain circumstances these “scandals” have […]
Joshua Boynton Joins VERTESS M+A Advisory Firm Tucson, Arizona, September 19, 2017 – Healthcare M+A advisory firm VERTESS continues its strategic growth with the addition of Joshua Boynton, a national healthcare entrepreneur and innovator, as a Managing Director. Joshua founded LifeShare, a pioneer in the intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) marketplace, in 1996 and built it into […]
As a business attorney, one of the errors I often see a fledgling business commit is to focus their entire business model on achieving instant success. In other words, the business becomes too focused on the one large client, opportunity, product, or other action that will lead to quick success and profitability. Very similar to […]
Immigration Law Alert 09/05/17 – Grant Sovern The federal government announced today that it would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in six months. DACA granted temporary reprieve from deportation and temporary work permits to people who were brought to the U.S. as children without authorization, graduated from high school or were […]