Every step of this process waits for your consent.
Owners hesitate to write because they don't know what it sets in motion. The answer: nothing you don't ask for. Here is the whole arc, from your chair.
Five stages. You may stop at any of them.
Meradale helps independent physician-owners understand what today's market means for a practice like theirs — and, only when and if they choose, makes discreet introductions to vetted acquirers. This page describes what that looks like in practice, from your side of the table.
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You write.
A short note — your specialty and state is plenty. It is read by [OPERATOR NAME] and no one else. What does not happen next matters as much: your name goes on no list, enters no sequence, and is repeated to no one. No acquirer, colleague, or third party learns you wrote.
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2.
We talk, privately.
One unhurried conversation, scheduled around clinic. It covers what you want it to: the state of acquirer interest in your specialty, how practices like yours are being valued in general terms, and what your options actually are — including doing nothing, which is often the right answer. Leaving better informed is the whole agenda.
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The quiet period.
You can stop here — for months, or for years. That is a normal outcome, not a stalled one. Nothing is shared, nothing is prepared, no one is told you exist. There is no follow-up schedule. When you want to pick the conversation back up, it resumes where you left it.
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If and when you choose — introductions.
Should you decide to meet acquirers, we introduce you only to those we have vetted: we look at how they structure their acquisitions, how physicians and staff have fared in the practices they already hold, and how they conduct themselves in diligence. Before any introduction, you approve in writing exactly what is shared — including whether your practice is identified at all. First meetings can be held anonymously if you prefer, your identity disclosed only when you say so. You may stop at any point, for any reason, without explanation.
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Through a transaction.
If a conversation becomes a transaction, we stay at your side through diligence and closing — a second set of eyes on structure and terms, not a substitute for professional advice. We will always recommend you engage your own attorney and accountant, and we work alongside them, not around them. Every decision remains yours, including the decision to walk away.
What we will never do
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Reach out on your behalf uninvited. No call, note, or inquiry goes to anyone — acquirer or otherwise — unless you have asked for it in writing.
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Circulate your practice. Your practice is never listed, shopped, or described to anyone as an opportunity. Introductions are made one at a time, each with your written approval.
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Follow up on a schedule. No sequence, no reminder cadence, no check-in calls. Silence from you is an answer we respect.
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Turn a conversation into a commitment. Speaking with us creates no obligation, no process, and no timeline. Those begin only when you begin them.
The first step is a conversation. It is also, until you say otherwise, the only step.
A private conversation about the market for your practice. No obligation, no process, no follow-up sequence.
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