Assured Healthcare Partners

Overview

Assured Healthcare Partners (AHP) is a healthcare investment management firm, formed as a spin-out and continuation of the private healthcare strategy established at BlueMountain Capital Management in 2013. AHP’s senior leadership team has invested or managed over $3 billion in capital across healthcare services sectors in their careers. AHP seeks to deploy a high-touch, value-add approach to investing in healthcare companies at the intersections of change. AHP provides partnership-oriented capital to support growth and repositioning opportunities across healthcare services sectors. Their deep industry focus allows them to invest in an unconstrained manner, supporting a variety of business plans and transaction types in healthcare companies and segments going through change. They focus on business models and operating strategies that enable cost-effective, quality-enhancing services to the US healthcare system and have multiple ways to win. In August 2022, AHP closed its second fund, AHP Fund II, with over $750 million in capital commitments, bringing their total capital commitments to date to over $1.3 billion. The fund received support from existing investors and several new limited partners, comprising a diverse set of global institutional investors, including pension plans, insurance companies, funds of funds, endowments, foundations, and family offices. In November 2021, AHP announced a partnership with the Cardiovascular Health Clinic (CHC) to form Cardiovascular Health Partners (CHP), a leading provider of heart and vascular care in the Central and Southern U.S. CHC is a physician-led organization that provides high-quality clinical care across eleven locations throughout Oklahoma. In January 2021, AHP announced a partnership with Allied Digestive Health (ADH), the largest independent provider of gastroenterology services in New Jersey. The partnership supports ADH's continued growth in New Jersey and select northeast markets. ADH is a physician-led organization with more than 65 doctors across 35 locations. AHP's investment strategy focuses on deploying capital and resources to healthcare services sectors, offering partnership-oriented capital to support growth and repositioning opportunities. They invest in business models and operating strategies that enhance cost-effectiveness and quality in the US healthcare system, primarily serving healthcare companies and segments undergoing change. In July 2023, Assured Guaranty Ltd. transferred its entire equity interest in AHP to an entity owned and controlled by AHP's Founder, Jim Pieri, who has acted as the Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of AHP since its formation as an independent healthcare-focused investment manager. Assured Guaranty remains a strategic investor in certain AHP-managed funds while retaining its carried interest in existing AHP-managed funds.

Investment Focus

• Healthcare services companies at inflection points in their lifecycle

Portfolio Companies