MTS Health Investors has acquired a majority stake in Vital Decisions. Based in Edison, NJ, Vital Decisions works on behalf of healthcare plans to identify patients with advanced illness and to provide a counseling program to these individuals to facilitate communication and decision making among patients, their families and their physicians. The company thus helps those seriously ill patients to participate in, and exert more control over, decisions about their treatment. Vital Decisions' management team holds a minority interest in the company.