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Provident Healthcare Partners is a healthcare specific investment banking firm whose services include mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt financing, and strategic advisory. On today\u2019s show, we welcome back Directors AJ Shekar and Scott Davis. AJ is responsible for business development and deal execution across a range of services industries. During his tenure, he has advised dozens of companies that are considering strategic alternatives including strategic mergers and private equity recapitalizations. Scott leads transactions across a wide range of healthcare services sectors, focusing on business development, marketing, negotiation of deal terms, and due diligence efforts.\xa0

This is a follow-up to our first interview from back in January where we covered the advantages of selling, even early or mid-career vs. trying to scale up a practice using your own capital. On today\u2019s interview we talk about the standard deal structures and some of the variations they\u2019ve seen. They also clear up a number of misconceptions that I had. Ultimately, private equity is playing the long game and physicians talk to each other, so if we feel like we\u2019ve been taken advantage of, their model doesn\u2019t work.\xa0