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ICON Eyecare
ICON Eyecare is a Denver based ophthalmology practice offers eye care services ranging from regular check ups to cataract and lasik surgery.
Subsidiaries of ICON include Swagel-Wootton Hiatt Eye Center of Phoenix and Kleiman Evangelista Eye Center of Dallas.
ICON is owned by Cortec, a New York based private equity firm. The private equity business recently declared that the ophthalmology market is a "fractured" market in need of structure.
Cortec is one of a dozen centralized banks that seeks to "role up" the market and are using ICON as a vehicle for doing such.Here is one of several presentations on why health care practices should be owned by centralized banks and not by doctors.
Corporate History
This merger chain is a bit confusing as Cortec has used different names for the group. Historic names include Eyeconic Vision Partners, EVP EyeCare, ICON Eyecare and The Eye Academy of America. Cortec appears to be keeping the brand identity of the different groups it acquires.
- 1999: Company founded in Denver to perform Lasik Surgery.
- 2016: Cortec recapitalized ICON.
- 2016: Cortec acquired The Eye Academy of America. (reference)
- 2016: Cortec acquired Kleiman Evangelista Eye Center of Dallas, Tx.
- 2017: Company acquired Swagel-Wootton Hiatt Eye Center based in Phoenix. (eyewire)
Directory Listings:
- Phoenix Color - Vision: Swagel Wootton
- Denver Color - Vision: ICON Eyecare
- Fort Collins Color - Vision: ICON Eyecare
- Grand Junction - Vision: ICON Eyecare