Christopher Kelly, formerly of AmSurg, Quorum Health Resources and U.S. Anesthesia Partners, is launching Nashville, Tenn.-based Emergency Physician Partners, a physician partnership organization focused on emergency medicine.
The practice management company — which has access to more than $25 million from Claritas Capital Equity Group to begin acquiring emergency medicine practices next year — says it will preserve practices' clinical independence by offering financial benefits and business expertise.
"Successfully operating the administrative side of an emergency medicine practice has become more difficult and demanding in today's complex healthcare environment," Mr. Kelly, EPP founder, chairman, president and CEO, said in a statement. "We founded EPP because we understand how valuable true partnership can be to physicians during these uncertain times. Our unique model allows emergency physicians to preserve their clinical independence, provide better quality care and have an experienced business partner to handle the administrative burdens of running their practices."
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