Healthcare services organization GPMF formed akiro, a consulting firm that will assist with closing transactions between healthcare entities.
What you should know:
1. Akiro will focus on transactions between medical practices and hospitals, large healthcare groups and private-equity groups. The firm will also assist with post-closing compliance issues.
2. GPMF formed the group to help prevent acquisition-related violations of Stark Law, the Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act.
3. Dave Audibert and GPMF corporate counsel Brad Mondschein will lead akiro.
"As medical practice consolidation continues across the country, we think akiro has an important role to play in ensuring that these transactions take place in a fair, compliant and economically beneficial way for all concerned," the pair said.
4. GPMF Holdings has three subsidiaries. Akiro is the only subsidiary not focused on healthcare information technology.