Cumberland Consulting Group, LLC, a high growth healthcare technology implementation and project management firm, announced it has been acquired by key members of Cumberland’s management team and Tailwind Capital, a private equity firm focused on investing in growth-oriented middle market companies. As part of the transaction, healthcare investors and entrepreneurs R. Clayton McWhorter and Stuart McWhorter have also invested. Cumberland’s future growth and expansion will be enhanced by the Tailwind partnership to support its organic and acquisition initiatives.
Read MoreFormer HCA TriStar executive Larry Kloess will join Clayton Associates as part of a realignment that will see Clayton McWhorter step down as chairman of the company and hand over control to his son, Stuart McWhorter, who remains as president.
In the wake of federal health care reform and a swift uptick in the use of electronic medical records, the stakes for finding the “next big idea” is even more important for firms like Clayton Associates associated with Nashville’s health care industry, which generates upwards of $60 billion a year worldwide.
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