Why Partner With AQUA?
Selling your practice could be one of the most important decisions of your career. AQUA Dermatology is a one-stop solution for serving all of your patients’ needs and growing your practice. When you partner with AQUA, you join an elite team of dermatologists and skin care professionals passionate about providing the highest level of care to their patients.
Benefits of Joining
AQUA Dermatology
Becoming an AQUA practice enables you to spend time with your patients, not paperwork. Relieve yourself of the administrative burdens of practice management in an evolving healthcare environment. Each of our partners enjoys:
Brand retention
Keep the brand integrity you worked so hard to build and maintain your reputation and legacy.
Clinical autonomy
Retain complete clinical autonomy while offloading the responsibility of practice ownership.
Centralized & scalable support services
Worry less about finance with revenue cycle management, accounting support, payor contracting and credentialing and more.
Marketing solutions management
Grow your practice with an established in-house marketing infrastructure that includes referral and digital marketing.
Recruiting & retention solutions
Attract, hire and retain the best talent and expand your practice with the help of our HR professionals.
Career advancement opportunities
Provide your physicians more professional development opportunities thanks to our expanded resources and the breadth of our services.
Partner Testimonials
RAJ PATEL, MD
True Dermatology
“My colleagues and I are delighted to join AQUA, which shares our mission of offering cutting-edge and personal care. We believe that teaming up with a leading medical group that can offer enhanced resources will result in improved care options for our patients, a goal that is very important to us.”
SCOTT D. WARREN, MD
First Coast Mohs
“We were looking for a strategic partner that shares the same vision and values as First Coast Mohs. AQUA Dermatology fit that profile perfectly. We are confident that our partnership will allow us to spend more time focused on patient outcomes and delivering the best care possible in addition to providing the resources to expand our practice throughout the Jacksonville area by adding new providers, opening new locations as needed and expanding our service offering to our existing patient base.”
MARK CHASTAIN, MD
Skin Cancer Specialists, P.C.
“It is deeply exciting to become part of a growing network of like-minded practitioners that will offer our patients the enhanced resources that will improve their care options. We look forward to being part of the AQUA team.”
MARCUS GOODMAN, DO
Goodman Dermatology
“The decision to partner with an organization did not come lightly. I knew that it was time to take my practice to the next level, and it was imperative to find a partner that valued the same foundation that I built my practice upon…. Quality care, putting the patients at the center of decision making, and treating our patients and team like family.”
DIANE WALDER, MD
Diane Walder Dermatology
“I owned and managed my 3-doctor practice for over 30 years. Since joining AQUA Dermatology the day to day running hassles have been removed. It has allowed me to focus on what’s important to me, taking exceptional care of my patients.”
DAVID RANKIN, MD
Aqua Plastic Surgery
“My partnership with Waters Edge has been amazing on many levels. The stress of having to run a business while practicing medicine has gone away. I have great teams of people who handle HR, payroll, IT, 401k and healthcare to name a few. I can focus all of my attention on caring for my patients. I also love the culture of individuals here from the top down and am proud to be a part of this wonderful organization.”
ROBERT SNYDER, MD
Riverchase Dermatology
“As a seasoned dermatologist who had built a prospering practice for over 30 years, partnering with Riverchase allowed me to solidify my financial future. At the same time, I became free of the burden of practice management, compliance, and the ever-increasing technology requirements of the modern dermatology practice. More importantly I have been able to focus my efforts on what brings me the most professional fulfillment and joy: caring for the needs of my patients.”
SCOTT FREEMAN, MD
Sunrise Dermatology
“We teamed up with AQUA in 2023 to enhance our ability to offer patients the personalized care they deserve and trust. We are pleased to become part of a robust company recognized as a leader in the Southeast region.”
RYAN RAMAGOSA, MD
Sunrise Dermatology
“Joining AQUA gave us the opportunity to align our mission and further foster the physician-patient relationship and family oriented approach to care. AQUA has taken a lot off our plates so we can focus on providing the best care to our patients.”
FLORENCE O’CONNELL, MD
Intracoastal Dermatology
“When you feel like you’re at home with people, you know that this is or you think it’s going to work out well, and two years in, things haven’t changed. The people that we worked with at the very beginning are still with AQUA. We deal with them fairly frequently and they have upheld all their promises. The company has a certain transparency about it that we just really didn’t see with other options out there.”
KENDALL ADKISSON, MD
Intracoastal Dermatology
“Since our partnership started, we have been able to focus on patient care as our #1 priority and gained work / life balance. AQUA has upheld promises post transition, and there have been no changes in clinical autonomy. Handing off admin tasks to AQUA has alleviated challenges and we have benefited greatly from back-office support and better payor contracts.”
