Private Emergency Health Australia

What Private Emergency Health Australia does

Private Emergency Health Australia (PEHA) is a Brisbane-headquartered, founder-owned healthcare services company that partners with private hospitals to operate, staff, and clinically govern their emergency departments (EDs). Founded in 2016 by emergency physician Dr Philip Gaudin and commercial director Joshua Derrington, PEHA began operations in 2017 at Mater Private Hospital Townsville and has since expanded to nine sites across Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia, and the Australian Capital Territory, with 200+ emergency specialists in its network and 100,000+ patients treated annually. Its core offering is an end-to-end ED solution covering guaranteed doctor coverage, rostering, billing administration across Medicare/WorkCover/DVA/ADF, clinical governance via a dedicated Clinical Advisory Board, and an admission-driven model that channels patients into the host hospital's specialist services.

PEHA's technology stack centers on ED360, a custom in-house ED management tool developed by its Strategic Projects Director, alongside AI-powered documentation through the i-scribe tool (audio-to-clinical-note transcription) and document automation via Medtech for referral letters. The platform supports credentialing, rostering, billing, and clinical workflows across multiple hospital sites, and PEHA states compliance with the Privacy Act 1988 and RACGP privacy standards. Its go-to-market is enterprise field sales targeting hospital executives and a community-led recruitment motion for emergency physicians via ACEM conferences, professional networks, and flexible-roster positioning. Revenue is generated through managed-services contracts with hospital partners and professional-services billing for direct patient care, with pricing not publicly disclosed. PEHA raised institutional capital from Advent Partners in May 2024 and is preparing to launch its first purpose-built standalone ED (Canberra, July 2026) and a Victorian site with Ramsay Health Care, signaling a shift beyond hospital-hosted EDs toward an asset-light, multi-state platform.

Name

Private Emergency Health Australia

Legal name

PEHA Holding Co Pty Ltd

Website

https://peha.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

PEHA operates private emergency departments on behalf of Australian hospitals, providing guaranteed doctor coverage, clinical governance, and billing administration across 9 sites treating 100,000+ patients annually, while recruiting from a network of 200+ emergency specialists.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Emergency Department Management Services

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Critical Access & Rural Hospitals (HLAFAAAG)

Keywords

• Emergency department services
• Private hospital staffing
• Emergency medicine specialists
• Clinical governance solutions
• Medical billing administration

Headquarters

HQ city

Brisbane

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hospital Partnership Services: PEHA provides complete emergency department solutions to partner hospitals, including staffing, clinical governance, billing administration, and operational management. Revenue is generated through service agreements with hospital partners.
2. Emergency Care Services: Direct emergency department services to patients, including emergency treatment. Fees apply for treatment, with various coverage arrangements including Medicare, WorkCover, DVA, and ADF.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Private Emergency Health Australia (PEHA) provides end-to-end emergency department management solutions to private hospitals across Australia. Services include guaranteed emergency doctor rostering and coverage, clinical governance, billing and administration (WorkCover, ADF, DVA, Medicare), and an admission-driven operational model. PEHA also operates standalone patient-facing emergency departments and remote GP clinics, supported by a network of 200+ emergency medicine specialists.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hospital Emergency Department Solutions End-to-end emergency department management service for private hospitals, covering guaranteed doctor rostering and coverage, clinical governance, billing administration (Medicare, WorkCover, DVA, ADF), and an admission-driven operating model. Designed for hospital executives seeking to relieve the administrative burden of running a busy ED and to drive admissions.
• Emergency Care Services for Patients Direct emergency medical treatment delivered at PEHA-partnered hospital emergency departments, with typical wait times within 30 minutes, transparent fees, and continuity of care through GP follow-up. No private health insurance is required. Coverage arrangements include Medicare, WorkCover, DVA, ADF, and out-of-pocket payment for overseas patients.
• Remote Pilbara Medical Services Medical services delivered in partnership with Rio Tinto Iron Ore and the West Australian Country Health Service (WACHS) to the remote Pilbara towns of Tom Price and Paraburdoo. Includes GP clinics at medical centres and medical coverage for local hospitals. Provided since 2018.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100,000+ patients treated per year
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, expansion and supporting.

• Mater Health (Multiple Sites)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPEHA operates emergency departments at Mater Private Hospital Townsville (since 2017), Mater Private Hospital Mackay (since 2019), Mater Private Hospital Rockhampton (since 2023), and Mater Private Hospital Brisbane (since March 2025). Mater is a major Australian healthcare provider with 323-bed Brisbane facility featuring 10 operating theatres and over 35 specialist services.
• The Friendly Society Private HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership since 2018 for operation of emergency department. Well-established 142-bed surgical and medical facility serving the Bundaberg community for over 100 years, offering cardiology, oncology, day surgery, general surgery and orthopaedics.
• Hobart Private Hospital (Healthscope)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership since 2021 with Healthscope-owned Hobart Private Hospital. Leading local facility providing range of clinical services including general and specialty medical and surgical, obstetrics, cardiology and angiography.
• Hollywood Private HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership since 2024. Hollywood Private Hospital is the largest hospital in Western Australia caring for over 70,000 patients each year. Offers comprehensive specialist services including cardiology, gastroenterology, general medicine, neurosurgery, oncology, orthopaedics, palliative care, psychiatry, rehabilitation and urology.
• Canberra Emergency Care CentreexpansionStrategic or Co-development PartnerOpening July 2026 - state-of-the-art, purpose-built standalone emergency department with 17 treatment spaces including dedicated resuscitation room. Advanced imaging including CT, MRI, X-ray and ultrasound on-site.
• Warringal Private Hospital (Ramsay Health Care)expansionStrategic or Co-development PartnerPEHA, in partnership with Ramsay Health Care, is opening a new private emergency department at Warringal Private Hospital in Melbourne's north. Currently accepting expressions of interest for FACEMs and ED Registrars.
• Rio Tinto Iron Ore (RTIO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership since 2018 to provide medical services to remote Pilbara towns of Tom Price and Paraburdoo. PEHA delivers GP clinics at medical centres and provides medical coverage to local hospitals.
• West Australian Country Health Service (WACHS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with WACHS alongside Rio Tinto Iron Ore to provide medical services to remote Pilbara communities including Tom Price and Paraburdoo hospitals.
• Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM)supportingGTM or Marketing PartnerPEHA attends ACEM Annual Conference as Supporting Sponsor. Hosts Wellness Zone and engages with emergency medicine professionals. Dr Philip Gaudin presented on private emergency healthcare at 2024 conference.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves16 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• TeamHealth: Major US physician practice group providing emergency medicine staffing and management to hospital partners. Operates the same outsourced ED management model as PEHA at much larger scale in the United States.
• US Acute Care Solutions: US-based physician-owned ED management and staffing group operating across American hospitals. Closest international analogue to PEHA's managed ED services model, though geographically distant.

Direct peers

• Ramsay Health Care: Largest private hospital operator in Australia and a PEHA partner for the new Warringal Private Hospital ED in Melbourne. Operates a national network of private acute hospitals with EDs, making it both a competitor and a key partnership counterparty for PEHA.

Broad incumbents

• Healthscope: Owns Hobart Private Hospital where PEHA has operated the ED since 2021. As one of Australia's largest private hospital operators, Healthscope is both a partner and a potential competitor if it chooses to insource ED staffing.
• Mater Health Services: PEHA's largest hospital partner with four operational sites (Townsville, Mackay, Rockhampton, Brisbane). A major Queensland-based private and public health provider with whom PEHA has its deepest strategic relationship.
• Epworth HealthCare: Victoria's largest not-for-profit private hospital group, operating multiple hospitals with EDs. Comparable to PEHA's hospital partners and a candidate for future PEHA partnership expansion into Victoria.
• St John of God Health Care: Large Catholic private hospital operator across Australia and New Zealand with multiple hospital-based EDs. Operates comparable private emergency services to PEHA's hospital partner sites and represents a potential expansion vector.
• Calvary Health Care: National private and public hospital and aged care operator with hospital-based EDs across multiple states. Comparable to PEHA's hospital partners in scale and service mix.

Emerging players

• Cura Day Hospitals Group: Australian private day hospital operator with a growing network of facilities. Smaller and more day-surgery focused than PEHA's hospital partners, but a comparable private healthcare services model.

Others

• Sonic Healthcare Limited: Australian-listed diagnostics and healthcare services provider (pathology, imaging, general practice). Adjacent healthcare services business with comparable scale and Australian footprint, though not a direct ED competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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