Ron Geraty

Ideal Option is one of the nation’s largest providers of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) and behavioral health services for individuals with substance use disorder, including opioids, alcohol, methamphetamine, benzodiazepines, and more. Founded in 2012 by two emergency medicine physicians, today Ideal Option operates 65 outpatient clinics in 10 states. Ideal Option’s mission is to provide underserved populations with low-barrier access to evidence-based addiction treatment – saving lives, healing families, and helping communities. We currently have clinics in Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, and Washington. More than 35,000 individuals suffering from substance use disorder – a chronic, relapsing medical condition – have been treated by Ideal Option. Over the past 10 years, opioid misuse has become a public health epidemic, killing around 140 Americans every day. Medication-assisted treatment is widely regarded by the scientific community as the most effective approach for opioid use disorder and alcohol use disorder. Ideal Option’s providers work collaboratively with every patient to develop a treatment plan that is based on published research, best practices, and the unique needs of each patient.

Ideal Option is one of the nation’s largest providers of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) and behavioral health services for individuals with substance use disorder, including opioids, alcohol, methamphetamine, benzodiazepines, and more. Founded in 2012 by two emergency medicine physicians, today Ideal Option operates 65 outpatient clinics in 10 states. Ideal Option’s mission is to provide underserved populations with low-barrier access to evidence-based addiction treatment – saving lives, healing families, and helping communities. We currently have clinics in Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, and Washington. More than 35,000 individuals suffering from substance use disorder – a chronic, relapsing medical condition – have been treated by Ideal Option. Over the past 10 years, opioid misuse has become a public health epidemic, killing around 140 Americans every day. Medication-assisted treatment is widely regarded by the scientific community as the most effective approach for opioid use disorder and alcohol use disorder. Ideal Option’s providers work collaboratively with every patient to develop a treatment plan that is based on published research, best practices, and the unique needs of each patient.

Varsity Healthcare Partners builds leading healthcare services companies, employing a differentiated partnership model. Our approach is predicated on a commitment to unconditional alignment and transparency with all stakeholders – founders, management teams, employees and investors. Varsity Healthcare Partners is a lower middle-market private equity investment firm focused on partnering with founders, entrepreneurs and management teams to build leading healthcare services companies. VHP has been successful in developing and executing a tailored value creation plan, in partnership with the leadership of each company, that typically emphasizes an appropriate investment in infrastructure followed by an aggressive organic and acquisition growth strategy. VHP draws upon its extensive healthcare industry experience and relationships, as well as its hands-on partnership approach to effectively drive growth and maximize value.