Heart & Vascular Partners LLC (HVP) is pleased to announce a new partnership with the physicians and partners of Advanced Heart Group (AHG), the leading independent cardiology practice in Chicago’s southern suburbs. HVP is a national managed services organization dedicated to supporting the independent practice of cardiovascular care. Through the new partnership, HVP will provide AHG with scalable business operations support while investing to grow through expansion of services offered and increased access to outpatient modalities.
For over thirty years, AHG physicians have served the communities of Chicago’s southern suburbs, including Orland Park-Tinley Park, Harvey, Homewood-Flossmoor, South Holland and Calumet City, IL. Led by cardiologists and co-founders Drs. P. Sandy Sundram and Angel Castaner, with cardiologists Drs. Francis Almeda, Andy Lin and Ripple Doshi, AHG provides general and interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, and internal medicine services across five locations. AHG continues to serve all community and academic center physicians in the south suburbs and the general Chicagoland area, and enjoys privileges at all regional health systems and accepts all major insurances.
“We are excited to begin the next phase of our growth with HVP,” said Dr. Sundram, adding “together, we see a number of opportunities to expand our services geographically while broadening our offering to include the full scope of cutting-edge cardiovascular care and chronic disease management, delivered in the thoughtful and patient centric manner that we have been recognized for.” HVP will further offer AHG a full suite of management services, including revenue cycle management, recruiting, and payroll and benefits administration, adding meaningful efficiencies to AHG’s business operations.
“AHG has an established position as the preferred provider in the communities it serves through a legacy of high-quality delivery and dedicated patient care from each of its physicians” noted HVP’s CEO, Bill Drehkoff. “We look forward to providing AHG the capital and expertise to assist the physicians in realizing their potential as an independent practice.”
“There is tremendous opportunity to build and integrate a suite of services in AHG’s communities” added Peter Burd, COO of HVP. “Our experience in developing and managing networks of independent practices in cardiology should help deliver improved access to care for many of AHG’s patients and referral partners.”
Heart & Vascular Partners LLC, headquartered in Deerfield, IL, is currently partnered with several leading cardiology practices across the country, including partnerships in the Midwest, Southwest, and Mountain West regions. With an active pipeline of cardiology and vascular practices seeking to partner with HVP, more development and growth in its affiliated practices is expected through 2023. To learn more about HVP, visit HeartandVascularpartners.com.
HVP is backed by Assured Healthcare Partners (AHP), a leading New York-based healthcare-dedicated private equity sponsor that provides capital solutions and operational resources to support the growth of physician practices. To learn more about AHP, visit: AHPartners.com
AHG was advised by Haverford Healthcare Advisors (www.haverfordhealthcare.com).
