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General News
Nov 12, 2018
USACS Expands Integrated Acute Care Program to Warren General Hospital
November 12, 2018 -US Acute Care Solutions (USACS) today announced it will begin providing both emergency medicine and hospitalist services to Warren General Hospital, located in Warren, Pennsylvania. The partnership marks another expansion of USACS’ innovative Integrated Acute Care Program, which brings emergency and hospital medicine services together as one team with one purpose: seamless, quality patient care across the entire acute care episode. The new partnership begins today, November 12, 2018. "Our Integrated Acute Care continues to grow as the model of choice for hospitals interested in improving quality and patient satisfaction through the entire care continuum,” said Dr. Michael Cetta, Chief of Integrated Acute Care Services. “By placing both emergency and hospital medicine services under a single, physician-owned and led team, accountable for results, our health system partners are seeing progress on the most difficult healthcare challenges as well as improved patient care across the board.” The USACS model of Integrated Acute Care builds on USACS' commitment to physician ownership by creating a single, accountable team of physician leaders responsible for continual improvement of patient care throughout the patient's stay, from entrance into the Emergency Department until discharge, and even beyond. The model has led to improvements in key quality metrics, particularly thoserelated to a hospital's preparedness for the future. After much due diligence, Warren General Hospital chooses partners, like US Acute Care Solutions, who share the longstanding cultural values of our hospital and our commitment to both high-quality medical care and the promotion of overall community health, our patients can be confident that US Acute Care Solutions will work hard to make sure they have access to Top 100 medical care in their home town. | Rick Allen, CEO of Warren General Hospital About US Acute Care Solutions Founded by emergency medicine physician groups in Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Ohio and Texas and capital partner Welsh, Carson, Anderson Stowe, USACS is the national leader in physician-owned integrated acute care, including emergency medicine, hospitalist and observation services. USACS provides high-quality emergency and hospitalist care to over 6 million patients annually at more than 200 locations and is aligned with leading hospital systems across the country. Visit usacs.com to learn more. About Warren General Hospital Founded in 1900, Warren General is an 87-bed community hospital that offers a wide range of clinical services, from primary and emergency care to cancer care, orthopedic, general surgery, renal care, comprehensive rehabilitation services, psychiatric and detoxification care, maternal-child health, transitional care, and home health services, among other programs. It is part of the Allegheny Health Network, an integrated care delivery system serving the greater Western Pennsylvania region. To learn more please visit www.wgh.org
Press Release
Oct 8, 2018
US Acute Care Solutions Names Dr. Matthew Patlovany President of Southwest Region
AUSTIN, Texas, October 8, 2018 – US Acute Care Solutions (USACS) today named Matthew Patlovany, MD, FACEP the President of its Southwest Region effective January 1, 2019. Dr. Patlovany most recently served as a Vice President of USACS Southwest, a position he also occupied at Emergency Service Partners (ESP), a founding group of USACS. Before that, Dr. Patlovany served as chief medical officer of Emergency Physicians Affiliates in San Antonio. A board-certified emergency physician, Dr. Patlovany is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. Dr. Patlovany said, “I am very excited for the opportunity to lead my colleagues in Texas and Oklahoma. I am grateful for the trust our physicians, APPs and non-clinical employees have afforded me, and together we will remain singularly focused on our mission:To care for patients.” Matt has the respect of his peers and the confidence of his hospital partner administrators. I too have respect for his clinical acumen and confidence in his leadership. The prospects for continued growth in the Southwest Region remain as strong as ever. | James Frary, Chief Executive Officer of USACS. Cheryl Conner, retiring president USACS Southwest said, “Matt is a great physician, a great leader and a great advocate for our patients. I also know he will only serve to strengthen the relationships we have with our hospital system partners.” Dr. Patlovany earned his bachelor’s degree from Texas AM University and his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. He completed his residency training in emergency medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, where he served as chief resident. # # # About USACS Founded by emergency medicine physician groups in Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Ohio and Texas and capital partner Welsh, Carson, Anderson Stowe, USACS is the national leader in physician-owned integrated acute care, including emergency medicine, hospitalist and observation services. USACS provides high-quality emergency and hospitalist care to over 6 million patients annually at more than 200 locations and is aligned with leading hospital systems across the country. Visitusacs.comto learn more. Media Contact Marty Richmond Corporate Communications Director US Acute Care Solutions 330.493.4443 x1406 [email protected]
Press Release
Oct 1, 2018
Dr. Nicholas Jouriles Honored for Lifetime Achievement at ACEP Scientific Assembly
San Diego, Calif., October 1, 2018 – US Acute Care Solutions (USACS) today announced that Nicholas J. Jouriles MD, FACEP has received the American College of Emergency Physician’s (ACEP) highest award, the John G. Wiegenstein Leadership Award. The John G. Wiegenstein Leadership Award, named for ACEP’s founder and first president, is awarded annually at the ACEP Scientific Assembly, held this year in San Diego. Dr. Jouriles is the Vice Chair of Faculty Development at USACS and Professor Chair, Emergency Medicine at Northeast Ohio Medical University. He has served on and led many regional, national and international emergency medicine committees and boards, including ACEP. He has designed emergency medicine education programs and curricula for medical students, residents and post training learners around the world. His publications are focused on education, policy and operations, particularly freestanding emergency departments. Dr. Jouriles said, “I am extremely humbled by this distinguished recognition from ACEP and I am forever indebted to all my emergency medicine colleagues who afforded me the opportunity to serve and represent the practice of emergency medicine.” As a leader in ACEP, Dr. Jouriles served on the Board of Directors from 2005-2010 and was elected to every office, culminating as president. Dr. Jouriles earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University. He trained at Dartmouth and Denver Health. # # # About USACS Founded by emergency medicine physician groups in Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Ohio and Texas and capital partner Welsh, Carson, Anderson Stowe, USACS is the national leader in physician-owned integrated acute care, including emergency medicine, hospitalist and observation services. USACS provides high-quality emergency and hospitalist care to over 6 million patients annually at more than 200 locations and is aligned with leading hospital systems across the country. Visitusacs.comto learn more. Media Contact Marty Richmond Corporate Communications Director US Acute Care Solutions 330.493.4443 x1406 [email protected]
Press Release
Oct 1, 2018
Dr. L. Anthony Cirillo Honored for Health Policy Achievements at ACEP Scientific Assembly
San Diego, Calif., October 1, 2018 – US Acute Care Solutions (USACS) today announced L. Anthony Cirillo MD, FACEP has received the American College of Emergency Physician’s (ACEP) award for excellence in health policy, the Colin C. Rorrie, Jr., PhD Award. The Colin C. Rorrie, Jr., PhD Award, named for ACEP’s executive director from 1982-2003, is presented annually to a member who has made a significant contribution to achieving ACEP’s health policy objectives, or who has demonstrated outstanding skills, talent and commitment as an administrative or political leader. Dr. Cirillo is the Director of Health Policy Legislative Advocacy for USACS, a position he has held for the past 14 years. In this role, he has represented USACS in a variety of organizations and coalitions in the healthcare system reform arena. In addition to his work as Director of Health Policy, he works clinically in both Rhode Island and Connecticut and serves as the local emergency department medical director for the Pequot Emergency Department in Groton, CT. I am grateful to ACEP for the opportunity to advocate on behalf of my emergency medicine colleagues and our patients. There is no separating health care from health policy, and so our involvement as physicians is as critical in government as it is at the bedside. | Dr. Cirillo Dr. Cirillo has served in numerous health policy related leadership positions within ACEP. He has served on, and chaired, ACEP’s Membership, State Legislative Regulatory Affairs, and Federal Government Affairs Committees. He currently serves on the NEMPAC Board of Trustees and on the ACEP’s Alternative Payment Model and Single Payer Task Forces and on the EDPMA/ACEP Joint Task Force focusing on the issue of out-of-network care. He is a Past President of the Rhode Island Chapter of ACEP and has been a Councilor or Alternate Councilor every year since 1992, except for 2008 when he ran for public office. Dr. Cirillo attended medical school at the University of Vermont, and after a transitional year at the George Washington University Hospital, completed his residency in emergency medicine at the UMASS Medical Center in Worcester, MA where he served as Chief Resident. # # # About USACS Founded by emergency medicine physician groups in Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Ohio and Texas and capital partner Welsh, Carson, Anderson Stowe, USACS is the national leader in physician-owned integrated acute care, including emergency medicine, hospitalist and observation services. USACS provides high-quality emergency and hospitalist care to over 6 million patients annually at more than 200 locations and is aligned with leading hospital systems across the country. Visitusacs.comto learn more. Media Contact Marty Richmond Corporate Communications Director US Acute Care Solutions 330.493.4443 x1406 [email protected]
General News
Aug 22, 2018
Pioneering Astronaut, Entrepreneur, and Physician Mae Jemison to Speak at the USACS Women’s Dialogue During ACEP18
US Acute Care Solutions is honored to announce that Mae Jemison, MD, who was the first woman of color in the world to go into space and who continues to be a national advocate for science and education through her leadership on and service to multiple organizations, will be the keynote speaker at the3rd Annual Women’s Dialogue Seriesat the ACEP18 Scientific Assembly in San Diego. The USACS Women’s Dialogue Series, held each year at ACEP Scientific Assembly, invites pioneering women to share their experiences and provides a forum for women in emergency medicine to have conversations about the issues important to them. All attendees to ACEP18 are warmly invited. Jemison received her MD in 1981 from Cornell Medical College. She interned at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, one of the largest public teaching hospitals in the United States, before briefly working as a general practitioner. From 1983 to 1985, Jemison served as a Peace Corps Medical Officer in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Inspired by African-American actress Nichelle Nichols, who portrayed Lieutenant Uhura on Star Trek, Jemison applied to and in 1987 was accepted to join the astronaut program at NASA. She was a NASA astronaut for six years, becoming the first woman of color in the world to travel into space. Since leaving NASA, Jemison has continued her commitment to science, exploration, and technology as an advocate and entrepreneur. She leads 100 Year Starship, an initiative to ensure capabilities for human travel beyond our solar system within 100 years. The initiative is funded through a competitive grant from DARPA, the US Defense Department’s premiere research agency. Jemison also founded the international science camp The Earth We Share™ for students 12-16 years old, is the Bayer Corporation USA’s national science literacy ambassador, and is a co-host of NatGeo’s “One Strange Rock.” From 1995 through 2001, she was an Environmental Studies professor at Dartmouth College, where she taught courses on sustainable development and technology design. Jemison is a member of the US National Academy of Medicine and is a recipient of the National Organization for Women’s Intrepid Award and the Kilby Science Award. She also has a life-long love of dancing, is a mini LEGO figure in the Women of NASA LEGO set, was the first real astronaut to ever appear in an episode of Star Trek, and in 1999 was voted in the White House Project Straw Poll as one of the top seven women leaders most likely to become President of the United States.
Press Release
Aug 13, 2018
US Acute Care Solutions Expands Relationship with Sentara Healthcare
Harrisonburg Emergency Physicians joins USACS CANTON, Ohio, August 13, 2018 – US Acute Care Solutions (USACS), the national leader in emergency medicine, hospitalist and observation services, today announced Harrisonburg Emergency Physicians (HEP) of Harrisonburg, Va., has elected to join the group. The physicians of HEP provide emergency services at Sentara RMH Medical Center (Sentara RMH), and have beena respected partner of Sentara RMH for more than 40 years. The hospital system and HEP worked closely to select USACS as the partner that would best fit the culture of the current group and the Harrisonburg community. Dr. Ian Steines, a long time medical staff member at Sentara RMH and the current Medical Director for Emergency Services, said “My colleagues and I are happy to be a part of USACS’s physician owned model and their focus on patient care and quality. We are looking forward to leveraging the new resources at our disposal through USACS and continuing to deliver excellent emergency care at Sentara RMH.” "Sentara RMH is a forward-looking community hospital with the same commitment to quality and patient care that we share with HEP," said Dr. Angelo Falcone,President of the USACS East region. "We are very proud the physicians of HEP chose USACS as a long-term partner to protect the group’s democratic principles, and we look forward to serving the community of Harrisonburg for another four decades.” Sentara RMH Medical Center is the third Sentara facility in the USACS portfolio. The company has been providing emergency services at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital, and an affiliated freestanding, in Charlottesville, since December of 2017 through our partnership with PEC, the local and physician-owned group that voted to join USACS last year. “Our physicians and staff at Sentara RMH have recently put a lot of effort into completely re-engineering our processes to elevate the overall level of patient service and quality we provide to our community,” Sentara RMH Medical Center COO Rick Haushalter said. “As a part of this effort, we are pleased that Harrisonburg Emergency Physicians is joining a strong physician-owned group known for their innovation and clinical quality.” About USACS Founded by emergency medicine physician groups in Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Ohio and Texas, and capital partner Welsh, Carson, Anderson Stowe, USACS is the national leader in physician-owned emergency medicine, hospitalist and observation services. USACS provides high quality emergency and hospitalist care to more than 6 million patients annually at more than 200 locations and is aligned with leading hospital systems across the country. Visitwww.usacs.comto learn more. # # # Media Contact Marty Richmond Corporate Communications Director US Acute Care Solutions 330.493.4443 x1406 [email protected]
Press Release
Aug 2, 2018
Dr. Amado Alejandro Baez Joins US Acute Care Solutions at Florida Hospital Tampa
CANTON, Ohio, August 2, 2018 – US Acute Care Solutions (USACS) today announced Alejandro Baez MD, MSc, MPH, FACEP, FCCM has joined the company as Medical Director at Florida Hospital Tampa. Dr. Baez most recently worked as Chief of Emergency Medicine at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, one of the busiest emergency medicine departments in New York City. Preceding that, he served as the founding residency program director at Jackson Memorial Hospital. He was the Chair of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care at Hospital General de la Plaza de la Salud in the Dominican Republic. Prior to that, he was the Associate Director of Emergency Medical Services at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School. An internationally recognized physician-leader, Dr. Baez completed residency at Mayo Clinic, and a Critical Care fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/ Harvard. Dr. Baez holds master’s degrees and postgraduate studies in Public Health, Healthcare Management, Leadership and Informatics. As an academician, Dr. Baez has authored more than 100 research studies, published three books and lectured in more than 15 countries. His work has focused on decision science, critical care and disaster/operational medicine, with recognition and awards granted by the Pan-American Health Organization, the American Medical Association, the Society for Critical Care Medicine, Harvard Medical School and the American College of Emergency Physicians. “Dr. Baez is a celebrated academic clinician and proven leader, and he will be a tremendous addition to the team at Florida Hospital Tampa, a flagship facility in the USACS portfolio,” said Linda Lawrence MD, President of the Southeast/West region of USACS. Dr. Baez said, “This is such an amazing time to join USACS, especially given the opportunity to lead clinical efforts at the highest volume emergency department in Tampa. I’m also very excited about the academic prospect of this institution and the opportunity to drive change with a focus on quality and innovation.” # # # About USACS Founded by emergency medicine physician groups in Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Ohio and Texas and capital partner Welsh, Carson, Anderson Stowe, USACS is the national leader in physician-owned integrated acute care, including emergency medicine, hospitalist and observation services. USACS provides high-quality emergency and hospitalist care to over 6 million patients annually at more than 200 locations and is aligned with leading hospital systems across the country. Visitusacs.comto learn more. Media Contact Marty Richmond Corporate Communications Director US Acute Care Solutions 330.493.4443 x1406 [email protected]