Kirkland & Ellis advised Madison Dearborn Partners on the sale of Kaufman, Hall & Associates, LLC, a strategic advisor to the healthcare industry, to Vizient, Inc., the nation's largest provider-driven healthcare performance improvement company. The planned acquisition brings together two of the industry's most trusted advisors to help healthcare organizations deliver high-quality patient care to their communities. Through their industry-leading data assets and complementary clinical, strategic and financial expertise, the combined organization will be able to help solve healthcare organizations' most complex challenges. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Mark Fennell and Nick Cast and associate Jason Grover; and tax partners Rachel Cantor and Christine Lehman.