pain management

Catterton Invests in Pain Doctor

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Pain Doctor, a pain management company, has received a significant growth capital investment from Catterton Partners.  The investment will be used to expand Pain Doctor’s reach across the US and build its support businesses, which include lead generation, lab services and natural pain relief supplements.

Pain Doctor provides standardized care and service for patients in pain. The company offers a suite of services and treatment plans that are tailored to each patient, and include multi-disciplinary medical evaluations, orthotics, MRI, steroid injections, behavioral therapy, acupuncture and more. Pain Doctor also manages ancillary businesses Boost Medical, Sentinel Labs and Holistic Pain.  The company was founded by Drs. Tory McJunkin and Paul Lynch in 2007.  Pain Doctor operates ten pain clinics and five surgical centers in Phoenix and Las Vegas and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ (www.paindoctor.com).

“Pain Doctor has a strong record of successful patient outcomes and we look forward to working with the company to expand the geographic reach of its clinics and surgical centers and extend its lead generation and lab services to pain doctors practicing beyond the company’s centers,” said Michael Farello, Senior Partner at Catterton.

Catterton Partners focuses exclusively on the consumer industry and invests in all major segments including food and beverage, retail and restaurants, consumer products and services, consumer health, and media and marketing services.  Catterton was founded in 1989 and has more than $4 billion in capital under management. The firm is located in Greenwich, CT (www.cpequity.com).

“We are thrilled to partner with Catterton given their expertise and proven track record in the broad consumer products and services markets.  Combined with our passion for delivering world class patient care, we believe we can create the most influential pain management platform in the United States,” said Joe Carlon, Chief Executive Officer of Pain Doctor.

2014 PEPD • Private Equity’s Leading News Magazine • 7-9-14

Enhanced Equity, Webster and Pulse Acquire Advanced Interventional Pain Clinic

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Prospira PainCare, a provider of pain management and other healthcare services, has acquired Advanced Interventional Pain Clinic (AIPC), a provider of pain management services in the Orlando metropolitan market.  Prospira PainCare is a portfolio company of Enhanced Equity, Webster Capital and Pulse Equity.

“AIPC is a clinical leader in Central Florida.  We believe that a partnership with Prospira will enable AIPC to broaden its continuum of care and further improve outcomes for patients with debilitating acute and chronic pain in the Orlando market,” said Dr. Barry Karlin, Chairman and CEO of Prospira PainCare.  “We are pleased that AIPC has entrusted us with their practices and believe that the patient community will benefit from this partnership.”

Prospira PainCare is an operator of physician practices in New Jersey, California and the Southeast US focused on the pain management sector.  The acquisition of AIPC follows the recent acquisitions by Prospira PainCare of pain management and treatment centers in the northeast, southeast and western United States, including Neuro Pain Consultants (Detroit), The Pain Management Center (New Jersey), The National Pain Institute (Florida), The Spine Center of Southeast Georgia and The Bay Area Pain & Wellness Center (San Francisco).  Prospira PainCare was founded in August 2012 is headquartered in Mountain View, CA (www.prospirapc.com).

AIPC’s three practice locations in Florida – Orlando, Longwood and Ocoee – connect Prospira’s existing Florida locations north and south of Orlando.  AIPC’s centers are run by lead physician Dr. Padmaja Yatham.  She will continue to serve patients as part of Prospira.  AIPC is headquartered in Orlando (www.flpaincare.com).

“We are very excited to welcome AIPC to the Prospira family of practices.  The addition of AIPC to our existing Florida locations solidifies Prospira as the premier provider of pain management services in Central Florida,” said David Pegg, a Principal at Enhanced Equity Fund and member of Prospira’s Board of Directors.  “We continue to support the company and its management as it develops its clinics within existing markets, as well as new regions in which it enters.  We are fortunate to have a robust pipeline of quality investment opportunities, and we remain excited about the company’s future potential.”

Enhanced Equity invests from $10 million to $50 million in healthcare companies with annual revenues typically less than $100 million. The firm manages approximately $600 million of committed capital across two funds. Enhanced Equity was founded in 2005 and is based in New York (www.enhancedequity.com).

© 2014 PEPD • Private Equity’s Leading News Magazine • 5-13-14

Enhanced Equity Acquires The Pain Management Center

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Prospira PainCare, a provider of pain management services and a portfolio company Enhanced Equity, Webster Capital, and Pulse Equity, has acquired The Pain Management Center, a pain treatment center serving southern New Jersey and the Philadelphia metropolitan area.

The Pain Management Center was founded by practicing physician Dr. Adam Sackstein and is headquartered in Hamilton, NJ (www.painmanagementctr.com).

Prospira PainCare is an operator of physician practices in California and the Southeast U.S. focused on the pain management sector. The company was co-founded in August 2012 by Pulse Equity Partners and Barry Karlin (formerly Chairman & CEO of CRC Health Group, the nation’s largest behavioral healthcare company). The acquisition of The Pain Management Center follows the recent acquisition by Prospira PainCare of pain management and treatment centers in the southeast and western United States, including The National Pain Institute located throughout Florida, The Bay Area Pain & Wellness Center serving the San Francisco area and The Spine Center of Southeast Georgia. Prospira PainCare is headquartered in Mountain View, CA (www.prospirapc.com).

“Prospira PainCare is pleased to welcome The Pain Management Center into our existing portfolio of world-class pain management and treatment centers,” said Barry Karlin, Chairman & CEO of Prospira PainCare. “This partnership represents Prospira PainCare’s entrance in serving patients suffering from acute, chronic or intractable pain throughout the Northeastern United States.”

Enhanced Equity invests from $10 to $50 million in healthcare companies with annual revenues typically less than $100 million. The firm manages approximately $600 million of committed capital across two funds with the most recent raised in 2010. Enhanced Equity was founded in 2005 and is based in New York (www.enhancedequity.com).

© 2013 PEPD • Private Equity’s Leading News Magazine • 6-11-13