A range of new mental health treatments are available to Western medicine, and practitioners are figuring out how to use them effectively. Matt Brockmeier, co-founder and chief legal officer at Entheogyn and of counsel at Antithesis Law, joins Rebecca Nicholson, foundation director and wellness advisor at Prime Quadrant, to explore this evolving landscape with McGuireWoods partner and host Geoff Cockrell.

Matt discusses the tension between state and federal laws shaping access to psychedelics and controlled substances, while Rebecca contrasts the investment dynamics of cannabis versus psychedelics, emphasizing mental health over recreation. They examine specialized investor appetite, the medical community’s evolving response and the ancillary wellness modalities supporting comprehensive mental health transformation.

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Payor services is an “enormous marketplace,” says Patrick Keavy, managing director at Bailey & Co. In this conversation with McGuireWoods partner and host Geoff Cockrell, Patrick, who focuses on payor services within healthcare, shares his insights about the market and its future. Tune in as he reviews the growth of employer-sponsored healthcare, cost-containment strategies that companies can leverage, and the results of his research into the verticals and subverticals that Bailey & Co. covers. 

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The tables turn as McGuireWoods partner and host Geoff Cockrell steps into the guest seat, and Gordon Maner, CEO of the AMB group of companies and co-founder of Frontline Healthcare Partners, takes on hosting duties. Gordon and Geoff explore critical dynamics in healthcare M&A, from preparing first-time sellers for the rigors of a transaction to navigating the delicate partnership between private equity buyers and founder-led businesses. They discuss current market conditions, the resurgence of provider services deal activity and why focusing on market power rather than investor type makes more sense for regulation.

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From New York to the Rocky Mountains, Marc Cabrera’s journey has spanned high-stakes healthcare deals to hands-on community service. Once a Wall Street investment banker, Cabrera is now the founder of Four Corners Capital, a Colorado-based investment firm focused on healthcare. In this conversation with McGuireWoods partner and host Geoff Cockrell, he shares how his view on making an impact has evolved — from executing milestone transactions to serving as a volunteer firefighter.

“For me, it comes down to this: If I’m going to spend an hour or a day doing something, what kind of impact can I have — for my community, the broader world, my family and myself?”

Tune in to hear Cabrera’s insights on time allocation, strategic networking and the lesser-known challenges of the deal advisory business.

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Returning guest Lauren Makhoul, principal of Avalere Health, explains how private equity allows healthcare providers to focus on what matters most while business professionals handle the administrative burdens.

With McGuireWoods partner and host Geoff Cockrell, she highlights compelling evidence from recent studies showing how private equity-backed physician groups deliver better outcomes with lower costs.

A spinoff of The Corner Series, The Corner Series Shorts delivers quick, high-impact insights from dealmakers and thought leaders at the corner of healthcare and private equity. Each short episode — less than 10 minutes — offers a focused look at key trends, timely topics and expert perspectives

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“For clients in the healthcare space, having a state-based compliance program has grown in importance,” says Tim Fry, partner in the healthcare group at McGuireWoods. With McGuireWoods colleague and host Geoff Cockrell, Tim unpacks how state-specific legal treatment has changed dramatically in the last several years.

He explains how states such as California and Oregon built hostility to private equity into their premerger notice laws while other states diverge on noncompete enforceability even after federal rulemaking failed.

Tune in for his insights about the shifting regulatory landscape.

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Lauren Makhoul of Avalere Health returns for the second installment of The Corner Series Shorts to discuss rooting out bad actors in private equity. In this conversation with McGuireWoods partner and host Geoff Cockrell, Lauren advocates for a “nuanced perspective” that addresses the loopholes allowing bad actors to exist. She explains how mechanisms such as single TIN-billing exploitation affect all healthcare providers, not just private equity-backed platforms, and why site-neutral payment policies could address underlying issues more effectively.

Tune in for her insights about how private equity-backed platforms often face heightened scrutiny while provider-owned businesses may engage in similar practices with less oversight.

A spinoff of The Corner Series, The Corner Series Shorts delivers quick, high-impact insights from dealmakers and thought leaders at the corner of healthcare and private equity. Each short episode — less than 10 minutes — offers a focused look at key trends, timely topics and expert perspectives.

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“Our role isn’t to dictate strategy from a distance,” says Tim Schulte, head of the Value Creation team at Council Capital. “We provide the tools and support — but the company is the one driving the vision.” In this conversation with McGuireWoods partner and host Geoff Cockrell, Tim shares how the healthcare-focused private equity firm helps its portfolio companies grow through a robust support system.

This includes in-house experts in talent, finance and technology, as well as the firm’s CEO Council — a network of public- and private-sector leaders offering deep market insight and strategic advice.

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Site-of-care optimization makes a difference, and that’s made possible by private equity investing in healthcare. Lauren Makhoul, principal at Avalere Health, explains this dynamic in the first installment of The Corner Series Shorts with McGuireWoods partner and host Geoff Cockrell.

When private equity-backed platforms invest in ambulatory surgical centers, they capture facility fees while moving procedures to lower-cost settings, benefiting physicians and the healthcare system. This optimization improves patient experience through better scheduling, convenient locations and dedicated facilities while reducing overall healthcare costs.

A spinoff of The Corner Series, The Corner Series Shorts delivers quick, high-impact insights from dealmakers and thought leaders at the intersection of healthcare and private equity. Each short episode — less than 10 minutes — offers a focused look at key trends, timely topics and expert perspectives.

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“For us to invest in a business and not improve it doesn’t make sense as an investment,” says Trevor Maurer, CEO of OMS360, a Shore Capital-backed dental platform specializing in oral surgery. In this conversation with McGuireWoods partner and host Geoff Cockrell, Trevor explains how OMS360 invests and improves its partners’ practices through its operating system, which optimizes the patient journey through time and motion studies.

Observing that “the days of rack-and-stack are over,” Trevor emphasizes the importance of integration over aggregation. “If you can really integrate and create synergies, driving better patient outcomes and performances,” he says, “investors will want to be a part of your business.”

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