Scott Ackman

Director

Scott Ackman is a Director based in VMG Health’s Minneapolis office. Scott has over 20 years of health care experience and specializes in strategic planning, medical group optimization, and financial analysis. He serves clients on various projects related to ambulatory planning, facility development, operations improvement, provider compensation planning, provider alignment, financial planning, as well as payer and financial risk-based strategy.

Prior to joining VMG Health, Scott was a Partner with Health Care Futures where he served clients for more than 13 years. He began his career in the medical device and payer spaces specializing in managed care contracting and business development.

Scott earned his Master’s degree in Health Care Administration from the University of Minnesota and both Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Physical Therapy from the University of North Dakota.

Stephen H. Schulte is a director based in the Nashville office. He specializes in providing valuation, transaction advisory, and consulting services to the healthcare industry. He has a broad range of experience working with physician practice organizations, physical therapy centers, ambulatory surgery centers, specialty/surgical hospitals, oncology centers, and diagnostic imaging centers. Schulte also has extensive experience in physician clinical compensation arrangements. His clients include for-profit and not-for-profit health systems and other publicly owned and privately held healthcare entities.

Prior to joining VMG Health, Schulte worked in the banking industry and became Series 6 and Series 63 licensed. He received a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the Iowa State University College of Business. He is a member of the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA) and is a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA). He has also completed the business valuation courses at the American Society of Appraisers and is pursuing the Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) designation.

William Teague is a managing director based in the Nashville office and has been with VMG Health since 2010. William specializes in providing valuation, transaction advisory, and management consulting services to the firm’s healthcare clients. He has been involved in over 500 engagements having particular experience with acute care hospitals, radiation/proton therapy centers, behavioral health hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, medical transport companies, physician groups and home health/hospice agencies.

William serves as a trusted financial advisor to his clients in support of transactions, affiliations, joint ventures, recapitalizations, the development of de novo facilities and for other strategic planning purposes. In this capacity, his experience includes performing valuations of businesses/assets, preliminary due diligence support, risk assessments and feasibility or market studies. In addition, he has helped clients develop detailed proformas, improve financial performance of existing facilities and plan for new investment projects. Finally, William has extensive experience with intellectual property valuation, such as trade name / branding arrangements and certificates of need (CON).

Mr. Teague graduated summa cum laude and holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Economics from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation from the CFA Institute and is designated as a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) through the National Association of Certified Valuators.

Patricia Li is a Senior Manager in VMG Health’s Coding, Compliance and Operational Excellence division. Prior to joining VMG Health, Li served as a multi-specialty practice manager and senior administrator in Connecticut and New York. In Li’s 12+ years of experience in healthcare administration and practice management, she has urgently transformed operational workflows, led provider credentialing processes, managed practice expansions, and overseen Electronic Medical Record implementation initiatives.

Many of Li’s clients rely on her human resources management and support, business and financial performance improvement strategies, federal and state compliance management, and provider trainings. She is deeply invested in the mission of VMG Health, not only as an unparalleled service provider, but as an inclusive organization that honors diversity and excellence for women in business.