Mentis Neuro Rehabilitation

Mentis, founded in 2006 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, is a leading provider of inpatient and outpatient postacute neuro-rehabilitative care to persons with an acquired brain injury ("ABI"). The Company utilizes an interdisciplinary clinical model with customized modified care plans that focus on each patient’s specific behavioral, clinical and social deficiencies. The Company’s comprehensive services include a combination of neuropsychological services, 24-hour rehabilitative nursing, cognitive rehabilitation, physical therapy, speech and language therapy, occupational / vocational rehabilitation, recreational therapy, group therapy, and physical medicine and rehabilitation management. Mentis allows patients that have suffered an ABI to re-enter their homes, community and/or workforce in a shorter period of time with meaningfully enhanced outcomes and greater independence. Acquired brain injury includes both traumatic brain injuries ("TBI") (commonly caused by falls, auto accidents, workplace injuries, and assaults) as well as strokes, tumors or other conditions whereby the brain is damaged from a lack of oxygen. An estimated 2.4 million people in the U.S. sustain a TBI and another 795,000 sustain an acquired brain injury from non-traumatic causes each year. Currently more than 6.4 million individuals in the U.S. live with a lifelong disability as a result of TBI or stroke. Patients suffering from an ABI typically undergo a long and exhaustive care process that spans from the highest acuity setting down through lower levels of care and rehabilitation depending on the progress of each individual patient. The ultimate end-point for a patient, depending on their level of rehabilitation and independence, can span from a full recovery and independent living to a very limited recovery that requires life-long custodial care. This broad span of outcomes has very material cost ramifications as long-term custodial care can run millions of dollars depending on the age of the patient when they sustain their injury. Excellere’s investment in Mentis is a result of the firm’s disciplined top down investment strategy, driven by several factors including i) an increased national awareness of brain injury, ii) the increased survival rate of those who have sustained a TBI due to medical advances, iii) higher incidences of stroke in a growing aging population, iv) cost pressures associated with increased healthcare spending shifting more patients to post-acute, lower cost settings, v) a strong and stable reimbursement outlook for neuro-rehabilitative care, vi) a niche market with a unique and complex patient and referral base making it very difficult for other rehabilitation facilities and new market participants to successfully treat ABI patients, and vii) Mentis' outcomes-driven clinical model offers a clear value proposition to each constituency the Company serves (patients, families, referents and payers) by allowing patients to re-enter their homes, community and/or workforce in a shorter period of time with greater independence. Post-acute neuro-rehabilitation is an underserved and highly fragmented market consisting mainly of smaller local and regional providers. Throughout its growth, Mentis has demonstrated an ability to establish new de novo facilities using a systematic approach to new market evaluation, referral source education, licensing, payer contracting and local recruiting. This proven ability to open new facilities in a fragmented marketplace, combined with the opportunity to expand geographic coverage through new referral and payer relationships, expanded service offerings and enhanced technology, creates an attractive buy-and-build opportunity. Mentis is actively seeking strategic add-on acquisitions of post-acute neuro rehabilitative care providers that will enable the Company to broaden its geographic footprint and deepen its presence in the market. To the extent you are interested in learning more about Mentis, please contact Ryan Glaws at *protected email* or Matt Halverson at *protected email* to discuss the neurorehabilitation services sector further.