Emergency Care Partners

What Emergency Care Partners does

Emergency Care Partners (ECP) is a physician partnership platform that provides outsourced emergency department management, staffing, and clinical leadership services to hospitals across the United States. Founded in 2018 through a Varsity Healthcare Partners-backed recapitalization of two Louisiana emergency medicine groups (PEMM and PEPA), the company has expanded through a series of mergers and group formations into a federation of twelve wholly-owned regional partner brands operating in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Texas. ECP serves approximately 1.4 million annual patient visits across 56+ hospital programs with 1,000+ physicians and mid-level providers, and over 60% of physicians are shareholders in the enterprise.

ECP's service portfolio is built around emergency department management — physician and APP staffing, recruiting, credentialing, revenue cycle administration, scheduling, and operational oversight — supplemented by a proprietary clinical analytics platform that integrates with Cerner, Epic, and Meditech EMR systems to deliver real-time KPI tracking, automated reporting, customizable data visualizations, and discrete event simulation modeling for ED process optimization. The Lead Pass referral program pays $30K for qualified introductions, and the platform is supported by a four-person in-house clinical recruiting team.

The business model is a managed-services, contract-based arrangement with hospitals: ECP deploys its physician partners to staff and manage hospital emergency departments under multi-year contracts, retaining local branding and clinical autonomy through regional partner groups while providing centralized corporate resources, analytics, and capital. The company is private and majority physician-held, with institutional sponsorship from Varsity Healthcare Partners, Regal Healthcare Capital Partners, and MidOcean Partners, which led a $100 million preferred equity growth investment in May 2025 to fund continued acquisitions and contract expansion.

Name

Emergency Care Partners

Legal name

Emergency Care Partners, LLC

Website

https://ecp.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Emergency Care Partners is a physician partnership platform that staffs and manages hospital emergency departments across 10+ U.S. states through a federation of regional partner brands, serving 1.4M+ annual patient visits via 1,000+ clinicians and 56+ hospital contracts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Emergency Medicine Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (622110)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospital-Based Emergency Departments (EDs) (HLAFADAA)

Keywords

• Emergency medicine services
• Physician staffing services
• Emergency department management
• Clinical analytics platform
• Physician partnership model

Headquarters

HQ city

Pensacola

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Emergency Department Management Services: ECP provides comprehensive emergency medicine physician staffing and department management services to hospitals through partnership agreements. Revenue is generated through contracted service arrangements with hospital facilities for emergency department medical directorship, physician staffing, and operational oversight.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Emergency Care Partners provides emergency medicine physician staffing and emergency department management services to hospitals through a national physician partnership model. The company delivers operational oversight, clinical leadership, recruiting, revenue cycle support, and a proprietary clinical analytics platform integrated with hospital EMR systems, enabling real-time KPI tracking, throughput optimization, and process improvement across 56+ hospital programs in 10 states.

Product overview

Emergency Care Partners (ECP) operates as a national emergency medicine platform with a physician partnership model, offering emergency department management and staffing services through a network of regional partner groups. The portfolio includes eleven regional partner brands (CSEP, IEMS, ECEP, FEP, IEMP, LEP, MPP, OEMS, PEP, PEMM, PEPA) serving hospitals across Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Vermont. Core offerings include emergency department management services, a proprietary clinical analytics platform with EMR integrations, physician/APP recruiting services, and a Lead Pass referral program. ECP supports approximately 56+ hospital programs serving 1.4M+ annual patient visits with 1,000+ physicians and mid-level providers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Canyon State Emergency Partners (CSEP): Physician-owned emergency medicine group serving Dignity Health Arizona General Hospital emergency departments across the Greater Phoenix area, Arizona.
• Progressive Emergency Physicians (PEP)
• Illinois Emergency Medicine Specialists (IEMS)
• Eastern Carolina Emergency Physicians (ECEP)
• Franciscan Emergency Physicians (FEP)
• Integrated Emergency Medicine Partners (IEMP)
• Lake Emergency Partners (LEP)
• Missouri Physician Partners (MPP)
• Ohio Emergency Medicine Services (OEMS)
• Professional Emergency Medicine Management (PEMM)
• Professional Emergency Physician Associates (PEPA)

Products and services

• Emergency Department Management Services Comprehensive emergency medicine and emergency department management services for hospitals, including physician staffing, clinical leadership, operational oversight, recruiting, credentialing, revenue cycle management, and performance improvement initiatives.
• ECP Clinical Analytics Platform Proprietary clinical analytics platform that integrates with hospital EMR systems (Epic, Cerner, Meditech) to enable real-time tracking of throughput, capacity utilization, and clinical quality metrics, with automatic reports, customizable data visualizations, and discrete event simulation modeling.
• Physician and APP Recruiting Services Full-service clinical recruiting team dedicated to identifying physician and advanced practice provider candidates to support emergency medicine partner groups, with experienced emergency medicine and hospitalist strategic recruiters.
• Lead Pass Referral Program Referral program that compensates lead sources $30,000 for introducing ECP's Partner Development Team to interested emergency physician groups or hospital administrators considering changes to emergency department management.
• Physician Partnership Model Annual partnership opportunity offering eligible affiliated clinicians ownership in their emergency medicine group, combining the agility of a private practice model with the strength and support of a national platform.

Quantifiable outcome

• 98% physician retention rate
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers25 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• The Emergency Center of Arizona (TEA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 August 2025Strategic merger with The Emergency Center of Arizona, bringing 14 Dignity Health Arizona General Hospital emergency departments. Dr. Keith Butler continues as president, servicing approximately 240,000 patients annually.
• Arizona Emergency Medicine Specialists (AEMS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 May 2022Strategic merger expanding ECP's emergency medicine services to Arizona. The combination enhanced regional growth, operational efficiencies, and patient care quality in Arizona and surrounding areas, adding over 700 physicians to the network.
• Dignity HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor hospital network partner through Canyon State Emergency Partners, operating 14 emergency departments across the Greater Phoenix area within Dignity Health's Arizona General Hospital network.
• Catholic Health Services of Long IslandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Catholic Health Services through Progressive Emergency Physicians (PEP), managing emergency departments at Good Samaritan Hospital, Mercy Medical Center, St. Francis Hospital, and St. Joseph Hospital.
• Novant HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Novant Health through Eastern Carolina Emergency Physicians (ECEP), managing emergency departments at New Hanover Regional Medical Center and affiliated facilities.
• St. Luke's Health SystemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with St. Luke's Health System in Missouri through Missouri Physician Partners (MPP), providing emergency physician services at Wright Memorial Hospital, Hedrick Medical Center, Pershing Memorial Hospital, and Harrison County Community Hospital.
• Ochsner Health SystemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSt. Tammany Parish Hospital partnered with Ochsner Health System in 2014. ECP's partner group PEMM provides emergency services at St. Tammany Parish Hospital facilities.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• TeamHealth: Largest outsourced emergency medicine physician staffing and ED management company in the U.S., serving 3,000+ facilities across 47 states. Directly competes with ECP for hospital ED contracts and physician talent; significantly larger and PE-owned by Blackstone.
• US Acute Care Solutions (USACS): Physician-owned emergency medicine, hospitalist, and critical care staffing platform backed by Welsh Carson. Operates on a similar physician-partnership model and competes head-to-head with ECP for hospital ED management contracts.
• Envision Healthcare: Major multispecialty physician services company providing ED, hospitalist, anesthesiology, and radiology staffing. Emerged from Chapter 11 in 2023; competes directly with ECP in ED staffing at hospitals nationwide.
• SCP Health: National physician services company (formerly Schumacher Clinical Partners) providing emergency medicine, hospitalist, and ICU staffing to hospitals and health systems. Direct competitor to ECP's ED management offering.
• American Physician Partners: Privately-held emergency medicine and hospitalist management company serving hospitals across multiple states. Operates a physician-partnership model similar to ECP and competes for similar hospital RFPs.
• Vituity: Physician-owned multispecialty partnership providing emergency medicine, hospitalist, and acute care staffing to hospitals nationwide. Closely comparable to ECP in physician-partnership model and ED management focus.

Broad incumbents

• Sound Physicians: National physician services company focused primarily on hospitalist medicine with growing emergency medicine footprint. Broader specialty scope than ECP but overlaps significantly in hospital-based staffing and management.
• Apollo Medical Holdings (Apollo Care): Value-based physician network and management company operating across multiple specialties. While not a direct ED competitor, it represents a comparable physician-partnership platform model serving hospitals and health systems.
• HCA Healthcare: Largest U.S. for-profit hospital operator, employing physicians directly and through subsidiaries like Emergency Physicians Integrated. Represents both a potential customer for ECP's physician services and a vertically integrated competitor.

Emerging players

• LocumTenens.com: Largest U.S. locum tenens staffing firm covering emergency medicine, hospitalist, and other specialties. Represents a partial substitute for ECP when hospitals need temporary ED coverage rather than full management partnerships.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A6 records

Investments

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