Vivere Health Named Nashville’s Top Health Care Startup For 2011

FRANKLIN, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vivere Health, a national leading network of Fertility Centers of Excellence dedicated to the highest quality patient care and outcomes, was honored as Middle Tennessee’s top health care startup in 2011 by the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and the Entrepreneur Center.

“It is an honor to be recognized as an innovator in the health care industry”

The recognition was part of the inaugural NEXT Awards, a partnership between the Chamber and Entrepreneur Center that honors the area’s most innovative companies and entrepreneurs making the most significant impact in five areas of business especially important to the Nashville economy: health care; technology; digital media and entertainment; sustainability and alternative energy; and social enterprise.

Joe Cashia, CEO of Vivere Health, received the award Tuesday night at a gala recognizing all of the 2011 NEXT Awards winners and finalists. Previously, in September, Vivere had been named one of five finalists in the health care startup category.

“It is an honor to be recognized as an innovator in the health care industry,” said Cashia. “Being selected as a NEXT Award winner is a testament to the unmatched quality provided by Vivere’s physician partnership model of developing fully-integrated Fertility Centers of Excellence. We are only at the beginning of our mission to create the nation’s largest network of fertility providers. Our employees, investors, physicians and partners are dedicated to providing unprecedented fertility services that help turn couples into families.”

Founded in 2010 by former National Renal Alliance CEO Joe Cashia, Vivere is a pioneering company in the growing field of reproductive medicine. Vivere partners with specialists in Reproductive Endocrinology to develop Ambulatory Surgery Centers and IVF Laboratories, creating jointly-owned Fertility Centers of Excellence (CoEs). This unique joint venture model helps generate revenue to fuel the growth of partnering physician fertility practices, while allowing physicians to focus on patient care and oversee the entire fertility treatment cycle, improving quality outcomes for patients.

About the NEXT Awards

The 2011 Future 50 Awards are presented by the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and Nashville Entrepreneur Center, in partnership with Bank of America. Additional sponsors include Bandit Lites, Kraft CPAs, Lipscomb University Center for Entrepreneurship, Tennessean Media Group and WSMV-TV. For more information, visit www.nextnashville.com.

About Vivere Health, LLC

Vivere Health is a national leading network of Fertility Centers of Excellence dedicated to the highest quality patient care and outcomes. Founded in 2010, the company partners with leading reproductive endocrinologists nationally, developing Ambulatory Surgery Centers and IVF laboratories. Vivere’s primary focus is to improve quality outcomes by enabling the strategic expansion of growing fertility practices by providing capital and operational support including marketing services, pharmacy services and back office services. Vivere Health, LLC includes financial sponsor, Philadelphia-based LLR Partners, and former National Renal Alliance CEO and founder Joseph Cashia.

Vivere Health, LLC is headquartered in Franklin, TN and includes the following locations: Houston Fertility Laboratory, Piney Point Surgery Center, Austin Fertility Laboratory, Vivere Dallas Surgery Center and Vivere Dallas Fertility Laboratory.

For more information about Vivere Health please visit: www.viverehealth.com