What US Acute Care Solutions does

US Acute Care Solutions (USACS) is the largest physician-owned provider of hospital-based emergency and inpatient medicine in the United States. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Canton, Ohio, the company operates an Integrated Acute Care model that bundles Emergency Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Observation Medicine, and Palliative Care under a single Clinician-owned, Clinician-led governance structure. As of 2025, USACS manages more than 400 programs across 27 states, deploys 6,000+ physicians and advanced practice providers, and treats over 11 million patients annually. Customers are hospitals and health systems, which contract with USACS for staffing, management, and clinical leadership services on multi-year agreements sold through a direct enterprise field-sales motion.

Name

US Acute Care Solutions

Legal name

US Acute Care Solutions, LLC

Website

https://usacs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

US Acute Care Solutions is the largest physician-owned provider of hospital-based emergency and inpatient medicine in the U.S., staffing 6,000+ clinicians across 400+ programs in 27 states for hospital and health-system partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Acute Care Physician Staffing and Hospital Management Services

NAICS

Ambulatory Health Care Services (621), Offices of Physicians (62111), Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (621111)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Clinical & Allied Health Staffing (BPACADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Virtual Specialty Care Platforms (tele-stroke, tele-ICU, tele-derm, tele-cardiology) (HLALABAD)

Keywords

• Acute care management
• Emergency medicine staffing
• Hospital medicine services
• Physician staffing services
• Integrated clinical care

Headquarters

HQ city

Canton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Physician and APP Services to Health Systems: USACS provides contracted Emergency Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Observation Medicine, and Palliative Care staffing and management services to hospitals and health systems across 27 states. Revenue is derived from contracts with health system partners where USACS clinicians provide care. The company operates as a physician-owned provider, meaning clinicians are either employed or contract with affiliated entities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

USACS provides contracted physician and advanced practice provider (APP) staffing and management services to hospitals and health systems across 27 states, spanning Emergency Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Observation Medicine, and Palliative Care. The company operates an integrated acute care model with a Clinician-owned and Clinician-led governance structure, proprietary clinical programs (Failsafe, ADAPT, CMTs), telehealth services, and an in-house Risk and Retention Group.

Product overview

US Acute Care Solutions (USACS) is the nation's largest physician-owned provider of hospital-based emergency and inpatient medicine, operating as an Integrated Acute Care practice. The company offers a unified care model spanning Emergency Medicine Management, Hospital Medicine Management, Critical Care Medicine Management, Observation Medicine Management, and Emergency Department Leadership services. USACS manages more than 400 programs across 27 states with over 6,000 Physicians and APPs. The portfolio includes core clinical management services, telemedicine programs (Tele-Urgent Care, Tele-Triage, Tele-ICU, Tele-Hospitalist), the STAT Traveling Physicians Program for flexible staffing, professional development offerings (Scholars Program, APP Academy, Post-Residency Fellowships), and digital tools such as ADAPT for post-discharge patient engagement and the Failsafe second-opinion program. USACS also publishes JACI (Journal of Acute Care Implementation), a peer-reviewed journal, and acquired the MIDEO video-based advance care planning platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• JACI (Journal of Acute Care Implementation): An online peer-reviewed journal focused on improving patient care through implementation science in acute care specialties including Emergency Medicine, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Observation Medicine, and Critical Care.
• STAT Traveling Physicians
• APP Academy
• Scholars Program

Products and services

• Emergency Medicine Management Comprehensive management of emergency departments with Physicians, APPs, and clinical leaders. Addresses LWBS rates, patient lengths of stay, door-to-doctor times, and patient satisfaction for hospital and health system partners.
• Hospital Medicine Management Hospitalist services providing on-site coverage 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, implementing evidence-based practices and delivering integrated acute care for hospital partners.
• Critical Care Medicine Management ICU management with unified teams of Emergency, Hospital, and Critical Care Medicine Physicians and APPs for collaborative patient care in intensive care settings.
• Observation Medicine Management National leader in implementing and managing observation care units with closed unit design, dedicated beds, and specialized staff to optimize ED flow and hospital capacity.
• Emergency Department Leadership Leadership and governance services for emergency departments with USACS's team of Physicians and APPs serving in medical director and executive roles at partner hospitals.
• Executive Coaching Coaching program empowering clinical leaders to find and enact solutions, led by Dr. Orion Colfer, National Director of Professional Development, with executive coaching certification from UC Berkeley.
• STAT Traveling Physicians Program Flexible staffing solution allowing traveling Physicians and APPs to work across USACS locations nationwide with scheduling preference, no on-call shifts, and paid travel.
• Tele-Urgent Care Remote telemedicine program linking urgent care patients to ED Clinicians through a health system-based platform for remote clinical assessment.
• Tele-Triage Emergency Department telemedicine program improving timeliness and safety in EDs through real-time connection of pre-hospital providers with USACS clinicians.
• Tele-ICU Intensive Care Unit telemedicine program improving ICU efficiency through remote Critical Care Clinician coverage across multiple sites.
• Tele-Hospitalist Remote hospitalist services delivered through telemedicine to reduce in-person staffing costs across multiple partner sites.
• MIDEO (Video-based Advance Care Planning) Video-based advance care planning platform enabling patients to document their care preferences through video recordings, supporting end-of-life care discussions and documentation.
• JACI (Journal of Acute Care Implementation) Online peer-reviewed journal focused on improving patient care through implementation science, covering Emergency Medicine, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Observation Medicine, and Critical Care.

Quantifiable outcome

• 50% below national average malpractice claims rate
• +10 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature11 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• MIDEOcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 November 2022USACS acquired MIDEO, a platform specializing in video-based advance care planning. This acquisition integrates video-based advance care planning into USACS's service offerings, supporting end-of-life care discussions and documentation for patients.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• TeamHealth: TeamHealth is one of the largest US providers of hospital-based clinical outsourcing, staffing emergency medicine, hospital medicine, anesthesia, and critical care. It is the closest like-for-like competitor to USACS in scale, service mix, and customer base.
• Sound Physicians: Sound Physicians is a national physician group focused on hospital medicine, emergency medicine, critical care, and post-acute care, serving similar hospital and health system customers as USACS.
• Envision Healthcare: Envision Healthcare historically provided emergency, hospitalist, anesthesiology, and radiology staffing to US hospitals. Following its 2023 restructuring, it remains a scaled competitor in hospital-based physician services.
• Vituity: Vituity (formerly CEP America) is a physician-owned partnership delivering emergency, hospital, critical care, and ambulatory services to hospitals nationwide, sharing USACS's clinician-ownership and acute-care focus.
• SCP Health: SCP Health (formerly Schumacher Clinical Partners) is a national physician group providing emergency medicine, hospital medicine, and critical care staffing to hospitals and health systems, directly overlapping USACS's core service lines.

Broad incumbents

• Tenet Healthcare: Tenet Healthcare operates acute care hospitals and USPI ambulatory surgery centers. It overlaps with USACS as a customer, competitor for physician talent, and increasingly as an integrator of hospital-based services.
• Apollo Medical Holdings (Astrana Health): Astrana Health (formerly Apollo Medical Holdings) is a PE-influenced, value-based care platform spanning physician groups, ACOs, and ambulatory services. It shares Apollo's capital influence and offers an adjacent, broader ambulatory platform.
• HCA Healthcare: HCA Healthcare is the largest US for-profit hospital operator. While it operates its own hospitals rather than staffing third-party facilities, it is a major counterparty and competitor for clinical talent in overlapping geographies.

Emerging players

• Intuitive Health: Intuitive Health operates hybrid ER/urgent care retail sites partnered with hospital systems. It represents an emerging alternative care-delivery model that may compete with USACS for health system attention and ED-redirect volume.
• Array Behavioral Care: Array Behavioral Care is USACS's stated ED behavioral health partner, providing remote psychiatry and ED-based behavioral health programs. It competes for the narrower behavioral-health-in-the-ED niche and is a relevant adjacent peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles24 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

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M&A2 records

Investments2 records

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