The last mile of intelligence
is human.
Private equity firms, venture capital firms, hedge funds, consulting firms, and corporate strategy teams work with Nextyn for expert calls, surveys, in-depth interviews, and custom research studies that turn a market question into a decision they can act on with confidence.
Premium client service, as the product
Every engagement is led by a named research team that works as an extension of yours. They establish your thesis, your process and the standard of evidence you require before any outreach begins.
The same team stays with you across engagements, so context accumulates rather than resets. They know which angles you have covered, which experts met your standard, and where the evidence remains thin. Coverage runs across our regional hubs, so a brief submitted overnight is in progress by morning.
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I just spoke with this expert. They cover the exact angle you flagged.
Can we add a former regional CFO?
On it. Circulating the shortlist now.
Recruited for your question, approached directly for the brief
A standing panel can only answer the questions it was assembled for, and most mandates sit outside it. A share of every engagement is therefore recruited specifically: we map the value chain to identify the roles that would hold the answer, then approach those individuals directly.
Every name is presented with the reasoning that earned it a place on the shortlist, and we will take you through the candidates we set aside and why.
How the sourcing works →
Former food safety regulator
Approached directly for this brief. Not on any roster.
Recruited fresh from 175 in the field
Brief NX-2291 · 3 of 4 put forward
One research suite, assembled to the brief
Engage only what the question requires. Every service resolves into the same platform, so a survey, a set of calls and a transcript brought in from elsewhere are read as one body of evidence.
Expert calls
One to one conversations with operators who have lived the exact question.Speak to operators →- Share the brief, receive precisely matched candidates
- Pick your profiles and your times
- Speak to them directly, and keep the transcript
AI-moderated calls
Structured interviews run to your guide, at a volume a human bench would find demanding.Scale your interviews →- Your discussion guide, followed exactly
- Follow-up questions generated live from the answer
- Transcript and synthesis land as the call ends
Transcripts
A high quality record of every conversation, searchable within hours.Search every call →- Human quality assurance over machine transcription
- Instant call summaries and project synthesis
- Shareable across your team from the platform
Opinion surveys
Quantitative and qualitative reads from panels of qualified operators.Field a survey →- Authoring, fielding, and analysis handled end to end
- Panels built to your screening criteria
- Results tracked live in the platform
Custom recruitment
For the roles that sit outside every standing panel, including yours.Start the search →- Value chain mapped to locate the right seat
- Candidates approached directly for your brief
- Reasoning attached to each name we advance
Advisors & placements
Deep expertise embedded alongside your team for the length of the work.Embed an expert →- Deal advisors who map markets and support execution
- Board and advisory placements
- Longer term retained advisory arrangements
Every conversation resolves into one working thesis
Every call your team runs lands in Nextyn IQ, which reads across the entire project. It tracks how firmly each dimension of your thesis is supported, records where experts agree, marks where they conflict, and names the gaps that remain open.
The intelligence engine
Thesis strength is assessed by dimension and updates as each call completes. Where experts disagree, the platform presents both positions side by side rather than averaging them into one view.
Where coverage is thin, the platform says so and identifies the profile that would close the gap. Analysts are no longer reading transcripts to establish what is in them.
US Outpatient Imaging: Commercial Diligence
Live updated after call 12US outpatient imaging is consolidating around three or four regional operators with hospital partners. The shift of scans out of hospitals is the main tailwind for independent centers.
Flat commercial payer rates for MRI are corroborated across 3 independent expert calls.
3 expRadiologist staffing. Two experts disagree on whether teleradiology closes the gap.
2 expCertificate of need rules flagged by a single former operator, not yet corroborated.
1 expScanner utilization is the binding constraint on margin at newer centers.
4 expPrior authorization denial rates diverge sharply between the two largest payers.
2 expEvery thesis quantified 0 to 100, and it moves as calls land.
Sourced to a named expert and a specific call. Nothing floats free.
12 calls · 148 claims
Run the project, not the inbox
Brief, shortlist, calls, recordings and transcripts sit within a single project. The whole team works from the same record, whether we sourced the conversation or you brought it in from another network.
Post the question. The project opens with your timeline, your named research team, and the angles we intend to cover.
US Outpatient Imaging: Commercial Diligence
OngoingSize outpatient imaging demand across the four states the target operates in
Compare payer mix and reimbursement trends, operator by operator
Establish the scan volume at which a new center turns contribution positive
Test how certificate of need rules are applied in practice
| #12 | Former VP Operations, imaging | US Southeast | USD 1,200/hr | Completed |
| #07 | Former state health regulator | US Midwest | USD 1,050/hr | Completed |
| #22 | Revenue Cycle Lead | US Northeast | USD 850/hr | Requested |
| #34 | Imaging center P&L owner | US West | USD 950/hr | Awaiting review |
| Profile | Most relevant title |
|---|---|
| #12 | Former VP Operations, imaging |
| #07 | Former state health regulator |
| #22 | Revenue Cycle Lead |
| #34 | Imaging center P&L owner |
Healthcare Services, Outpatient Imaging
Project Dashboard
+ Add New ProjectScanner Utilization As The Binding Constraint On Margin At Newer Centers
Usable scanner hours sit roughly a third below published capacity once maintenance windows and staffing gaps are counted.
Margin at newer centers is gated by scanner hours rather than by referral volume.
Radiologist coverage is available at the hours required in only two of the four states.
Prior Authorization Denials After The Latest Payer Policy Change
Denials for advanced imaging rose 40 to 55 percent in the twelve weeks after the change.
Centers with in house authorization teams held approval rates better than outsourced ones.
Imaging Center Contribution Margin At Maturity
Break even sits at roughly 1,400 scans a month per center on the current payer mix.
Nextyn’s AI Moderator
Some questions require a sample a human bench cannot field economically. The AI Moderator runs your approved discussion guide as a genuine interview: it listens to the answer and asks the follow-up a capable analyst would have asked.
AI
Where is the maintenance load actually sitting across the fleet?
Follow‑up pulled
Nextyn platform
Your discussion guide, under our supervision
The moderator works only from the question set you approved and stays within the compliance rules applied to the engagement. Our researchers review every session, and a human moderator takes over whenever the conversation warrants it.
A standard your compliance
team can audit
Speak to an expert about your question
A dedicated Client Solutions Manager will be in touch shortly to help with your research needs.
- 01Send your project scope
Your questions, and the thesis behind them. A paragraph of context is enough.
- 02We come back with angles and expert profiles
A shortlist with rates included.
- 03Approve, then we field
You select and approve the experts you want to speak to.
- 04Nextyn IQ reads across the whole project
Agreement, contradictions and open gaps, read across every call in the project.