Latest News Midwest Vision Partners Announces Partnership With Retina Consultants of Michigan By Staff Thursday, January 6, 2022 12:18 AM CHICAGO and SOUTHFIELD, Mich.—Midwest Vision Partners (MVP), a management services group founded in 2019 in partnership with San Francisco-based Alpine Investors, has completed a partnership with Retina Consultants of Michigan (RCM), according to an announcement this week. The terms of the partnership transaction with RCM, which operates three eyecare locations in the metro Detroit area, were not disclosed. This latest transaction represents MVP’s 18th partnership and broadens its network to more than 125 providers and 60 locations and approximately 1,400 staff across Michigan and Ohio.Chicago-based MVP said it is “a people-focused eyecare management services organization” that is committed to partnering with leading ophthalmologists and optometrists throughout the Midwest. RCM has provided medical and surgical retina care to patients in southeast Michigan for more than 30 years. Its three locations in metro Detroit are supported by approximately 60 staff members, and they have developed strong relationships with practices and providers across the region, the announcement noted. “I am excited for our practice to announce this partnership with Midwest Vision Partners, an organization that shares the same focus on providing premier eyecare to patients and delivers the support needed to enable our practice to continue to thrive,” RCM’s Dr. Joel Miller said. “We look forward to our future together.” Added Jorge Lopez, MVP’s president and chief executive officer, “We are incredibly excited to be partnering with the fantastic providers and staff at Retina Consultants of Michigan. Their reputation and commitment to patient care in southeast Michigan precedes them. In partnership with RCM, we look forward to expanding our patients’ access to retina services across MVP.” Alpine Investors, which founded MVP, is a “people first” private equity firm focused primarily on software and services businesses, the announcement noted.