MANAGING PARTNERS
Larry has 40+ years of senior-post-acute-experience throughout the continuum of
healthcare delivery systems. He is a former CEO of acute hospitals, skilled nursing facility corporations and previous owner of several skilled nursing facilities and subacute hospitals.
Larry is a California certified receiver for troubled hospitals and nursing facilities. He was the Director of Strategic Transformation for Senior Living and
Behavioral Health for HFS/Wipfli, Inc., a national healthcare consulting
company (2005-2020).
Has performed and led organizational assessments for hospitals, SNF’s,
CCRC’s, and retirement communities. His record of assisting organizations attaining visionary goals has been recognized by the State Department of Public Health, State of California.
Larry served as financial advisor to two Midwestern governors and is a Salzburg Fellow in International Aging.
Larry Blitz, MAPA
Managing Partner
Greg brings over 30 years of experience and has extensive knowledge in assisting healthcare organizations with change management and business performance improvement through resource management, customized management solutions, process improvement initiatives and leadership development. He has worked with large healthcare systems, Academic Medical Centers, and community hospitals in project management, team facilitation, strategic planning and implementation. Greg is a founding partner of Bryan Advisory Group, an independent consulting firm focused on gaining efficiencies and saving costs in waste stream expenses. Prior to Bryan Advisory, Greg was a Managing Director in the healthcare practices at Huron Consulting and Navigant Consulting where he served as a Business Development Market Leader and provided executive oversight on performance improvement engagements. Greg joined Navigant as a result of the acquisition of the Invalesco Group, Inc., where Greg was president and a founding partner. Invalesco Group, a national healthcare consulting firm, serving hospitals and healthcare providers. Prior to founding Invalesco, Greg held Vice President roles at Cardinal Healthcare and West Hudson, Inc.
Gregory Bryan
Managing Partner
Randy brings over 35 years of healthcare experience in the areas of acute and long term care. Randy was CEO of a 250 bed hospital for 27 years. He was also responsible for a 125 bed long term care facility.
Randy has leadership experience working for a risk management company where he evaluated and recommended to the insurance company which long term care facilities were a good risk to insure or what steps to take to improve the quality of care. He received his Masters degree from Trinity University in San Antonio Texas.
Randy L. Curry
Managing Partner
Stephanie currently serves as the CEO of ALTIUS, managing internal operations as well as supporting all active consulting engagements by overseeing project timelines, analyses, and client deliverables to ensure successful outcomes. In addition, Stephanie often lends an on-site presence when specific engagements call for her unique skill set and executive expertise. Ms. Dorwart’s exceptional analytical and mathematical skills, combined with in-depth practical healthcare experience, have contributed to her many professional accomplishments to date. As the architect of a successful labor management system, Stephanie has poured her talents into the development and execution of Performance Improvement processes and tools for the healthcare industry over the last 15 years.
Stephanie Dorwart, MHA
Managing Partner
Ken has spent over 20 years providing services in the healthcare sector. He joined Claritas Capital in 2020 to help launch Claritas Health Ventures for the purpose of providing health systems the ability to invest in growth-oriented technology and services companies.
Ken is also Founder & President of RDX Healthcare. The core mission of RDX is to bring “best in breed” healthcare services/solutions – financial, operational, clinical – to key C-Suite executives of the nation’s leading healthcare systems.
Prior to helping launch Claritas Health Ventures, Ken was a Managing Director at Highland Associates, a Birmingham-based investment consulting firm specializing in healthcare. While at Highland, he created and led the business development platform and opened a Nashville office for the firm. Prior to his work at Highland, Mr. Downey was a Managing Director, Partner and Shareholder at Ponder & Co., a leading healthcare advisory firm. It was during his almost 14 years at Ponder that he developed his extensive network with the nation’s leading healthcare systems.
Ken Downey
Managing Partner
Jeremy brings over 15 years of healthcare industry experience. Jeremy currently supports all sales and distribution of healthcare products through MDR™ Distribution network. Jeremy serves as President of NuParadigm Consulting, LLC, a national healthcare sales and marketing organization where he supports a network of over 100 representatives nationwide and vets new products and solutions for the company. Previously, Jeremy held Vice President and Director of Operations titles in the fields of Physician Dispensing and Sales & Marketing.
Jeremy Fincher
Managing Partner, Distribution
Dr. Mason has more than 35 years of experience as a clinician, both in primary care and as specialist in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology. He has been a physician leader organizing and leading IPAs. Dr. Mason has also been a health plan executive serving as both a regional and senior health plan medical director. Dr. Mason has developed and implemented new delivery models to translate clinical research into practice, including the Pharmacist on the Care Team model. He worked with several California commercial ACOs to achieve financial and quality success. He understands the dynamics of managing a population to reach the Triple Aim for healthcare Dr. Mason was instrumental in helping his Medicare Advantage HMO plan reach 4.5 STARs in California. He is currently working with the Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG) to enhance the health status of California’s Traditional (FFS) Medicare population and to help individual physicians and medical groups succeed under MACRA/MIPS.
Jeff Mason, MD
Medical Director & Managing Partner
Steven has spent his career working at the intersection of health care providers and employer purchasers. After graduation from Washington University at St. Louis in healthcare management, he held executive positions with Intermountain Healthcare and Community Medical Centers of Central California.
He founded the Western Business Group on Health, an employer purchasing coalition. He served on the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalition’s Board of Directors and he is the founder of NBG Group. He works to bring innovation healthcare solutions to employers including EMR, patient-centered medical home, concierge practice, value-based delivery and most recently value measures and prospective health risk assessment.
STEVEN NIELSEN, MHA, FACHE, RHU
MANAGING PARTNER
Eric is a transformational healthcare leader with over 30 years experience coaching high performance teams and building clinically integrated systems of care. He is president of CenterPoint Insights, LLC, a strategic advisory and leadership development practice serving healthcare leaders as a trusted, experienced advisor, helping them improve their performance individually and corporately. As CEO of a 600–bed, 3-hospital system, Mr. Norwood led a successful $30M strategic and operational turnaround with a clinically integrated network of over 400 community physicians. He is nationally recognized as an expert on alignment and clinical integration between hospitals and physicians. Mr. Norwood holds a Master of Health Administration degree, is board certified as a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives, and is certified in executive leadership coaching through the International Coaching Federation.
Eric P. Norwood, FACHE
Managing Partner
Dan is the Founder & President of Med-Vision, LLC. With more than 30 years of experience in the employee benefits industry, Dan is experienced in a wide variety of employer self-funded health plan data elements. Med-vision serves employer health-plan sponsors as a thought leader in the emerging area of plan specific, actionable, health plan data utilizing predictive risk modeling, quality gap compliance and corresponding wellness strategies. Dan’s prior experience includes consulting for Hilb Rogal & Hobbs (HRH). Preceding his consulting experience, he spent eighteen years in various management and sales roles for CIGNA Group Insurance.
Dan is a certified Health Rosetta Advisor. He is a graduate of Kentucky Military Institute and earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Tennessee. He is a member of the American Association of Diabetes Educators.
DAN ROSS
MANAGING PARTNER
Eric is the founder and President of Zephyr Healthcare Advisors. He brings over 30 years of health care experience advising health systems, hospitals, physician organizations, public entities, non-profit health care organizations and other entities. He has broad expertise in the areas of strategy, physician/hospital alignment, physician needs assessments/medical staff development plans, valuation/FMV/physician compensation, facility planning (inpatient and ambulatory), and Board advisory/facilitation.
Eric has held previous senior-level positions with Vizient Inc., MDS Consulting, and The Camden Group. He has trained and mentored dozens of consultants and helped grow and develop multiple consulting practices.
Eric Themm
Managing Partner
John joined Yaffe & Company in 2016 as Senior Vice President and as a Senior Consultant. John is also CEO of TTG Healthcare. John has served in executive positions in healthcare, including 15 years as CEO of not for profit hospitals and health systems. John has extensive board experience, as both CEO and board member or many organizations. This includes serving seven years on the board of Notre Dame of Maryland University, serving on the Executive Committee, Chair of Enrollment Management Committee, Compensation Committee, and Strategic Planning Committee. In addition, John has served on the board of numerous hospital and community boards, focused and strategic planning, leadership development, and fulfilling the organization’s mission. John is also Vice President of the Faraja Fund Foundation, which supports a primary school in Tanzania, Africa, which brings hope to disabled children through physical therapy and education. John holds an MBA and MHA from Georgia State University. He and his wife chaired the Parents Council at his alma mater, Virginia Tech, and they live in Baltimore, Maryland.
JOHN TOLMIE
MANAGING PARTNER
Chad Wable is an engaging, contemporary healthcare executive with more than 18 years of progressive experience leading hospitals and health systems. Chad has led rural community hospitals, specialty hospitals and large tertiary academic medical centers. He has led hospitals out of bankruptcy and successfully completed financial and operational turnarounds. Chad is currently the President and CEO of his company, Aspiresults where he helps leaders of hospitals and health systems optimize their performance and better lead to achieve better results. He is also a Managing Director with Berkeley Research Group where he is a senior advisor and consultant for their Healthcare Performance Improvement Group. Most recently, he served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Trinity Health Of New England, a $1.8 billion regional health system with six hospitals and over 50 ambulatory facilities in CT and Western MA. During his tenure from 2016-2019, Chad led the integration of the regional health system into the parent company, Trinity Health while also leading their regional integration efforts and completing a comprehensive regional master facility plan. He unified and standardized many services and functions, most notably supply chain, workforce management, laboratory and behavioral health services. Prior to his time with Trinity Health, Chad spent a decade as President and CEO of Saint Mary's Health System in Waterbury, CT. While at Saint Mary’s, Chad ascended quickly through the leadership ranks starting as their Corporate Director of Strategy and Business Development to ultimately lead the Board of Directors through a comprehensive, competitive affiliation process that resulted in the merger with Trinity Health in 2016. Chad holds several professional memberships and affiliations including The American College of Healthcare Executives, the American Hospital Association, and the Connecticut Hospital Association. He is a Six Sigma Green Belt and is a Certified High-Reliability Trainer. He has served on numerous community service boards, and currently serves on the boards of Saint Bridget School and Gala Alert. Chad has received many recognitions and awards such as Modern Healthcare Magazine “Up and Comer,” the Connecticut Magazine, “40 Under 40” for Top Executives, and the Waterbury Chamber of Commerce Healthcare Heroes Award to name a few. Chad was a two-year starter and Academic All-American football player at West Virginia University where he received master’s degrees in business administration, community health education, and healthcare administration and a bachelor’s degree in biology.