Wayne Pryor, CPA

Managing Director
Financial Due Diligence
Nashville

Wayne Pryor is a Managing Director in VMG Health’s Financial Due Diligence division in the Nashville office. He has over 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry, with a focus on transaction services. Pryor has worked on over 450 buy-side and sell-side transactions in every sub-sector of the industry, ranging from $1 million to $10 billion deals.

Prior to joining VMG Health, Pryor was a Partner and Head of Mazars’ Healthcare Transaction Advisory Services division and was a Managing Director in a large national accounting firm’s Transaction Services Practice where he focused on the healthcare sector. He has also held roles at a Big 4 accounting firm; was the Director of Planning, Analysis and Decision Support Systems for the Mayo Clinic and St. Luke’s Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida; was Corporate Controller for Sterling Healthcare Services; was Finance Director for Baptist St. Vincent’s Health System; and was Contract Administrator/Senior Financial Analyst for Cigna HealthCare.

Pryor received his bachelor’s in accounting from Western State College and attended the University of Arizona, where he pursued a master’s in public administration. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).

Sector Experience

Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Behavioral Health
Dialysis
Hospitals
Hospital-Based Medicine
Imaging & Radiology
Medical Transport
Oncology
Physician Practices
Risk-Bearing Organizations & Health Plans
Laboratories
Post-Acute Care
Telehealth & Healthcare IT
Urgent Care & Freestanding EDs

Areas of Expertise

Financial Due Diligence
Revenue Integrity

Credentials

Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

Affiliations
  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
  • Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants (TSCPA)
  • Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA)
  • Association for Corporate Growth (ACG)
  • Nashville Health Care Council (NHC)
Presentations
  • Presentation: “Key Financial Terms of Private Equity Transactions” – 5th Annual Physician Transactions Conference, March 9, 2023
  • Presentation: “The Anatomy of a Physician Group Transaction with Private Equity” –  4th Annual Physician Transactions Conference, March 24, 2022