Why Toney Healthcare Is Buying Rebellis Group

By Amit Chowdhry • Mar 4, 2024

Toney Healthcare – a clinically-oriented consultancy and provider of utilization management, care management, and quality improvement services to health plans nationwide – announced it has acquired Rebellis Group. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Rebellis is an expert model consulting firm launched in 2020 by industry thought leaders to address the needs of Medicare Advantage plans and their partners in areas such as strategy, Stars, change management, regulatory compliance, system and process optimization and Part D. And with decades of consulting and operating experience, Rebellis’ team of industry experts has established its reputation as a leader in the Medicare Advantage management consulting realm. The partnership with Toney Healthcare is complementary, bringing together Toney Healthcare’s expertise in clinical operations with Rebellis’ expert model consulting services.

At closing of the deal, Seals was named President of Toney Healthcare, and sits on the Board of the combined organization alongside Dr. Toney. Seals also retains her role as CEO of Rebellis Group, which will continue to operate under its current brand and management structure with its ongoing commitment to provide high-quality consulting services.

Toney Healthcare is a portfolio company of Centre Partners and Health Enterprise Partners. And TripleTree, LLC acted as the financial advisor to Toney Healthcare, Centre Partners, and Health Enterprise Partners on the transaction. Bentley Associates acted as exclusive financial advisor to Rebellis.

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“Our partnership with Rebellis enables Toney Healthcare to better serve our clients with a comprehensive offering of regulatory, compliance, pharmacy and strategic consulting services.” He continued, “With their significant industry experience and complementary expertise in Medicare Advantage and Part D, we believe the addition of Rebellis will contribute to the long-term success of Toney Healthcare.”

  • Dr. Sam Toney, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Toney Healthcare

“My team and I are excited about this next chapter in our journey. When founding Rebellis Group, our goal was to help clients achieve success in the rapidly changing Medicare Advantage landscape. Through our partnership with Toney Healthcare, we seek to fill a critical need in the market by combining our expert model with Toney Healthcare’s strength in clinical operations and outsourced partnerships.”

  • Betsy Seals, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Rebellis