HBS Announces Acquisition of HTS, LLC.
Updated: Aug 29, 2025
Merger Creates Largest Transition Planning and Facility Activation Consulting Firm in North America
Healthcare Building Solutions, LLC (HBS) has acquired the Transition Planning Division of Healthcare Technical Services, LLC (HTS). The HTS team has a national presence providing transition planning, facility activation, and move planning services to hospitals helping ensure a safe transition and patient relocation into a new environment of care.
HBS is a highly respected healthcare consultancy offering project management, medical equipment planning, transition planning, facility activation services, regulatory compliance assistance, and turn-key development capabilities to health systems, both domestically and internationally. HBS is a platform investment of Latticework Capital Management, a Dallas-based private equity firm focused on partnering with entrepreneurially minded management teams to build leading healthcare companies.
“We are very excited to add HTS’s deep bench of clinical expertise and transition planning professionals to our service line offerings,” shares Jay Hornung, ACHE, CHFM, President and CEO of HBS. “The addition of HTS to our portfolio of firms provides us with the resources, scale, geographic reach, and capabilities to solidify our position as the leading provider of transition planning and facility activation services in the healthcare industry.”
HTS was founded in 2002 and offers a range of services and solutions to facility managers and owners in support of the built environment. The firm’s client portfolio includes projects for health systems, academic institutions, community hospitals, children's hospitals, ambulatory/outpatient facilities, cancer centers, and rehabilitation (inpatient/outpatient) facilities across the country. “We have collaborated with HBS on projects and know that HBS shares our client-first focus,” adds HTS Senior Vice President Hilda Nering, RN, MSN. “We decided to join forces with HBS because we believe that a larger organization will allow us to provide a wider array of services and more depth to meet evolving client needs.”
About HBS
Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, HBS provides a comprehensive suite of services that help healthcare organizations design, build, and operate industry-leading, innovative, safe, and cost-effective patient environments. As former hospital administrators, facility managers, clinicians, and Joint Commission regulators, HBS brings an understanding of the entire project lifecycle and a project portfolio that includes both new construction and renovation projects. For more information visit www.hbsinc.com.
About Latticework Capital Management
Headquartered in Dallas, Latticework is a growth oriented private equity firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry. Latticework leverages its over 85 combined years of healthcare and investing experience, as well as its network of industry executives, to help companies grow and realize their full long-term value. For more information, please visit www.latticeworkcapital.com
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The strategic acquisition of HTS, LLC’s Transition Planning Division by Healthcare Building Solutions marks a major milestone in the healthcare consulting sector. Opening a modern clinical facility is vastly different from opening a standard commercial building because every surgical suite, cleanroom, and sterile processing department requires meticulous operational readiness verification before a single patient steps inside. By integrating HTS’s veteran transition planning team, HBS enhances its ability to help health networks manage complex equipment migrations and mock-day simulations without disrupting ongoing clinical operations. Browsing around on DmFirst during an evening break after reading through hospital management articles made me appreciate how much behind-the-scenes precision goes into commissioning healthcare spaces.
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Reading the announcement about Healthcare Building Solutions (HBS) acquiring the Transition Planning Division of Healthcare Technical Services (HTS, LLC) highlights just how specialized and critical hospital activation consulting has become in modern healthcare. When a regional hospital or major medical network builds a massive new wing, the physical construction is only half the battle; transitioning patients safely, training staff on updated medical devices, and activating complex clinical departments requires zero margin for error. Bringing HTS’s experienced transition planners under the expanding HBS umbrella solidifies their position as the premier full-service partner for healthcare facilities across North America. Taking a quiet, relaxing breather on Maan Win after an afternoon of reviewing healthcare management case studies today, it’s impressive to see how smart strategic acquisitions can streamline such delicate logistical operations.
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