US National Practice Leader of the Senior Housing and Healthcare Practice of Collier International affiliates with Carnahan Group

TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnahan Group formally affiliated with Craig Smith, US National Practice Leader of the Senior Housing and Healthcare Practice of Collier International, to provide healthcare organizations the most efficient and cost-effective business and asset valuation services. Smith has conducted appraisals on over 5,000 senior housing and healthcare facilities and has focused exclusively on this specific real estate for over 25 years. As National Practice Leader with Colliers, the third largest Real Estate services firm in the world, Smith has worked with major accounting and business valuation firms to provide valuations of the real property assets in healthcare transactions.

Carnahan Group's President, Chris Carnahan, and Smith found synergy in their shared mission to provide comprehensive valuation services and reduce compliance cost.

"We share common values expressed by the company culture established by Chris (Carnahan). The mission to provide a single contact for comprehensive valuation services and make compliance less expensive for the clients we serve is a common goal," says Smith.

Carnahan Group has had an incredible year of growth. By leveraging experts in different subspecialties of the healthcare industry like Smith, they provide the most comprehensive products and services to their clients. Smith's specific knowledge of healthcare compliance, valuations and transactions, will expand the firm's expertise in the following services:

• Stark compliance for fair market valuations of leases
• Acquisitions and divestitures of real property
• Hospital and health system acquisitions and fairness opinions

"Carnahan Group has worked closely with Craig (Smith) on a number of hospital and health system valuations over the years, and we have always been impressed by his level of professionalism and the quality of expertise he provides. This affiliation is a formalization of an already established relationship, and our team is going to benefit from having someone with Craig's specific healthcare expertise and transaction knowledge," says Chris Carnahan.

About Carnahan Group: Carnahan Group, Inc. is a healthcare technology firm that uses game-changing technology to drive compliance and cost reductions for some of the world's largest healthcare organizations. Since 2002, Carnahan Group has served the healthcare industry by providing fair market valuations on physician compensation and businesses, as well as conducting Community Needs Assessments and Community Health Needs Assessments.

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SOURCE Carnahan Group