Victor H. McConnell, MAI, ASA, CRE, FRICS

Managing Director

Victor H. McConnell is a Managing Director in VMG Health’s Real Estate Services division and is based in the Denver office.  He has real property valuation & consulting experience in 42 of the United States, including extensive experience with the valuation of healthcare related properties.

McConnell has provided Fair Market Value and Fair Market Rent analyses to a variety of hospitals, physician groups, for-profit and non-profit health systems, as well as corporate and governmental clients.  McConnell has also provided appraisals and valuation-related consulting services to REITs, lenders, and private equity firms to assist with risk assessment and due diligence. In addition, he has experience with issuing commercial reasonableness opinions and is well versed in the regulatory nuances specific to the healthcare real estate sector. Consulting services performed by McConnell include constructing frameworks to assist with leasing compliance programs as well as profits distribution between equity partners in new developments.

Specific property types McConnell has analyzed include acute care hospitals, cancer clinics, on and off campus medical office buildings (MOBs), ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), diagnostic imaging centers, dialysis facilities, proton therapy centers, sleep labs, cath labs, seniors housing projects, low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) projects, independent living facilities (ILFs), assisted living facilities (ALFs), skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs), biomanufacturing facilities, surgical hospitals, micro-hospitals, rehab hospitals (IRFs), long term acute care hospitals (LTACHs), psychiatric facilities, hospice wings, laboratories, physical therapy clinics, and drugstores. McConnell’s valuation experience also includes “zero cash flow” properties, corporate headquarters, and a variety of other commercial assets.

McConnell graduated from Dartmouth College in 2004 and began his valuation career with a boutique commercial real estate firm in 2006.  He has an MAI designation from the Appraisal Institute, an ASA designation from the American Society of Appraisers, and a CRE designation from the Counselors of Real Estate.

McConnell presents regularly at healthcare real estate industry conferences, and was selected as an Emerging Leader in Healthcare Real Estate in November 2015 by Globe Street. He has published in venues such as AHLA, ABA, and Becker’s Hospital Review. Clients served include six of the ten largest for-profit health systems and seven of the 15 largest non-profit health systems.

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).

Carlos Flores-Rodriguez is a Director in the Capital Asset Services division at VMG Health and is based in the Dallas office. Flores-Rodriguez has experience in providing asset valuations related to financial reporting, purchase price allocation, normal useful life studies, and equipment lease and timeshare arrangements. Healthcare clients served by Flores-Rodriguez have included ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, acute care hospitals, cardiac cath labs, sleep labs, and pharmacies.

Flores-Rodriguez graduated magna cum laude from Suffolk University as a Griffin Honor student with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and Information Systems/Operation Management, with honors in finance. Flores-Rodriguez is an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) with the American Society of Appraisers.

Colin Park is a managing director at VMG Health and is based in the Dallas office. His focus has been on developing client relationships and providing valuation, transaction advisory, and operational consulting services in the healthcare services industry. Specifically, Park has significant experience with the acute care and specialty hospital, ambulatory surgery center, oncology center, diagnostic imaging center, dialysis center, physicians group, and numerous other ancillary healthcare service business segments. In addition to the extensive valuation experience for transaction planning and financial reporting purposes, he has consulted on numerous development, feasibility, and denovo business development engagements. Clients include for-profit and not-for-profit health systems, ancillary services providers, development companies across several healthcare industry sub-specialties, and other publicly owned and privately held healthcare entities.

Prior to joining VMG Health, Park worked as a senior associate in the Planning and Financial Group at Greystone Communities, Inc. He also previously worked as an analyst in the Tangible Asset Group in Financial Advisory Services at Houlihan Lokey.

Park received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting, a Certificate in International Business and a Master of Real Estate Finance degree from the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the state of Texas, an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) with the American Society of Appraisers, and holds the Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) designation.

Debra Rossi is a Director in the Coding, Compliance, and Operational Excellence division. She has over 30 years of healthcare revenue cycle and coding experience spanning academic medical centers, community hospitals, faculty practice plans, and large private practices. She has consulting experience in all areas of practice management and is a recognized industry expert in the area of coding, compliance, and revenue cycle.

Rossi conducts educational and training seminars and has overseen comprehensive coding and compliance programs at several of New York’s leading healthcare institutions. She also has a successful record with development and implementation of revenue integrity programs, denial management, and risk adjustment (HCC coding).

Rossi is the recipient of the 2016 Health Ethics Trust Best Practice Award. She is also a co-inventor of a patent pending, award winning coding tool focused on risk diagnosis coding identification and improvement.

John Meindl is a director with VMG Health and is based in the Dallas office. In addition to providing valuation and transaction advisory services, Mr. Meindl leads the firm’s Interim Corporate Development service line.  Mr. Meindl also has experience in the firm’s Dispute Resolution and Litigation Advisory service line.

Mr. Meindl’s experience includes providing interim corporate development and transaction advisory services, and valuation advisory services for management planning, dispute resolution, financial reporting, and tax purposes.

Prior to VMG Health, Meindl was with Ernst and Young in the Transaction Advisory Services group where he performed valuation, transaction advisory, and dispute resolution services for the firm’s corporate and private clients.

Meindl received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Wake Forest University, and a Master of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

Lukas Recio is a Director in the Buy/Sell Side Due Diligence and Business Valuation Divisions of VMG Health in the Dallas office. He provides consulting, transaction advisory, and business valuation services to clients within the healthcare services industry.

Recio graduated from Texas A&M University Mays Business School where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and a Master of Science in Finance. Before joining VMG Health, he gained valuable experience at PwC’s Dallas office as a part of their Banking and Capital Markets assurance team. Recio is currently a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Texas.

Matt McKenzie is a Director in the Professional Service Agreements Division at VMG Health and is based in the Denver office. His focus is in providing valuation and consulting services for compensation arrangements within the healthcare services industry. He specializes in valuations related to clinical compensation models, on-call coverage, physician administrative and executive services, subsidy coverage, management services, and quality initiatives.

McKenzie serves as a contributor to VMG Health’s FMV Tools™ which allows users to quickly establish compensation levels for employed and independent contractor physicians in various roles based on systematic and unbiased guidelines.

McKenzie was a Distinguished Scholar at Southern Methodist University and graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance with honors from the Edwin L. Cox School of Business. Additionally, he holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics with Financial Applications from the Dedman College of the Humanities and Sciences at SMU. McKenzie is currently designated as a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA).

Nick Taglioli is a Director in VMG Health’s Dallas office. He specializes in providing valuation, transaction advisory, and consulting services to businesses within the healthcare industry.

Taglioli’s experience includes providing valuation and advisory services related to transactions, joint ventures, financial reporting requirements, federal tax compliance, and commercial litigation. Taglioli’s experience spans numerous subindustries including acute care and specialty hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, diagnostic imaging centers, physician practices, oncology centers, skilled nursing facilities, and urgent care centers. In addition to the extensive valuation experience for transaction planning, he has consulted on numerous black box reimbursement analyses for joint venture, restructuring, and denovo business development purposes. Clients include for-profit and not-for-profit health systems, ancillary services providers, development companies across several healthcare industry subspecialties, and other publicly owned and privately held healthcare entities.

Prior to VMG Health, Taglioli was a senior analyst at Hill Schwartz Spilker Keller, LLC in the Business Valuation and Litigation Consulting Groups where he performed valuation, transaction advisory, and litigation consulting services for the firm’s corporate and private clients. Taglioli received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Texas State University, and a Master of Business Administration from Texas Tech University.

Joel Gomez is a Director in the Capital Asset Services division and is based out of the Nashville office. Gomez has experience providing tangible asset valuation services and consulting for a variety of healthcare clients and law firms. Healthcare clients he has served include valuation engagements for hospitals, physician practices, ambulatory surgery centers, and imaging centers. Additionally, he has experience providing asset valuations related to equipment lease and timeshare arrangements.

Prior to joining VMG Health, Gomez worked for the G. Brint Ryan College of Business at the University of North Texas, and he also graduated from UNT in 2008. Gomez has his Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) designation from the American Society of Appraisers.

Sector Experience

Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Behavioral Health
Dialysis
Hospitals
Imaging & Radiology
Oncology
Physician Practices
Laboratories
Pharmacy & Retail Medicine
Post-Acute Care
Urgent Care & Freestanding EDs

Areas of Expertise

Real Estate
Fair Market Value Opinions
Financial Reporting
Litigation & Dispute Resolution