Progressive Emergency Physicians

What Progressive Emergency Physicians does

Progressive Emergency Physicians (PEP), founded in 2013 and headquartered in Uniondale, New York, is a 100% physician-owned emergency medicine partnership that contracts with hospitals to staff, manage, and operate their emergency departments. PEP operates as a Professional Limited Liability Company (PLLC) under the broader Emergency Care Partners (ECP) platform, which spans 45 sites and 900+ clinicians across eight states; PEP itself manages seven hospital emergency departments in New York and Vermont, treating approximately 300,000 patients annually. Service lines include core Emergency Medicine outsourcing, plus Hospitalist Services, Observation Medicine, Urgent Care, Critical Care, and Aftercare, with consulting engagements covering EM/hospital operations, Quality Management, Risk Management, and Revenue Cycle Management (in partnership with Zotec and Allegiance).

The company's underlying technology stack is a data-driven ED management platform anchored by two proprietary tools: the ED Staffing Calculator (an interactive PPH-based benchmarking tool) and a Quality Management Dashboard that delivers provider-level performance feedback. PEP supports its clinical delivery with ACGME-accredited Emergency Medicine residency programs at Good Samaritan University Hospital and St. Joseph Hospital, and fellowship programs in Ultrasound, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Observation Medicine, Administration/Leadership, and an 18-month PA Fellowship. All physician partners hold equity in the group, creating an ownership culture that the company positions as its primary cultural differentiator from hospital-employed or corporate-owned emergency medicine groups.

PEP's go-to-market is enterprise B2B sales targeting hospital C-suite and board-level decision makers, with custom full-risk outsourcing or consulting arrangements and ROI demonstrations built around the ED Calculator and national benchmarking data. Revenue is generated through managed-services contracts (staffing and operational management) and professional-services consulting fees; pricing is not publicly disclosed and contracts are tailored to each hospital's size, volume, and service mix. Billing is outsourced to Ventra Health and Change Healthcare. PEP does not sell to individual consumers and has no consumer-facing app or channel; its primary customer segment is acute care hospitals and health systems on Long Island and in Vermont, with academic medicine and high-acuity trauma (Level I and Level II centers) as the principal sub-segments.

Name

Progressive Emergency Physicians

Legal name

Progressive Emergency Physicians, PLLC

Website

https://pephealth.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Progressive Emergency Physicians is a 100% physician-owned emergency medicine partnership that staffs and manages seven hospital emergency departments across New York and Vermont, treating approximately 300,000 patients annually as part of the Emergency Care Partners platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Emergency Medicine Management Services

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (62111), General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (622110), Offices of Physicians (6211)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Health Services (8000), Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Clinical & Allied Health Staffing (BPACADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community & Regional General Hospitals (HLAFAAAB), Hospital-Operated Urgent Care Centers (HLAFADAC), Health Information Management (EHR) & Medical Office Administration (EDAOAJAF)

Keywords

• Emergency department management
• Emergency medicine staffing
• Hospital outsourcing services
• Clinical operations consulting
• Physician partnership services

Headquarters

HQ city

Uniondale

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Emergency Medicine Outsourcing Contracts: Full-risk outsourcing of hospital emergency departments, including staffing, management, and operational oversight. Contracts are customized to meet each hospital's specific needs, ranging from consulting to complete ED management.
2. Hospitalist Services Management: Staffing and management solutions for hospitalist programs with integration between ED and hospitalist providers to optimize throughput, reduce denials, and impact length of stay.
3. Consulting Services: EM and Hospital Operations consulting, Quality Management, Risk Management, and Revenue Cycle Management services provided to hospital partners.
4. Observation Medicine Management: Staffing and management of observation/clinical decision units within partner hospitals, providing higher intensity attention, lower cost per patient, and higher patient satisfaction.
5. Urgent Care Services: Consulting, staffing and management solutions for hospital-affiliated urgent care facilities under various engagement models.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Progressive Emergency Physicians (PEP) provides outsourced emergency department staffing and management services to hospitals, including full-risk outsourcing, consulting, and custom management arrangements. The company deploys board-certified emergency physicians and advanced practice providers across emergency medicine, hospitalist, observation medicine, urgent care, critical care, and aftercare service lines, supported by clinical quality, risk management, and revenue cycle consulting. PEP also operates ACGME-accredited residency programs and fellowships that create a talent pipeline for its partner hospitals.

Product overview

Progressive Emergency Physicians (PEP) is an emergency medicine physician-owned partnership providing comprehensive clinical and operational services to hospital emergency departments. The core offering is Emergency Medicine Services (outsourcing/management), supplemented by Hospitalist Services, Observation Medicine, Urgent Care, Critical Care, and Aftercare Services. Consulting services include EM and Hospital Operations, Quality Management (via proprietary dashboard), Risk Management, and Revenue Cycle Management (partnered with Zotec and Allegiance). Educational programs include two ACGME-accredited Emergency Medicine Residency Programs, Emergency Medicine Fellowships, Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship, 18-month Emergency Medicine PA Fellowship, and Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship. An ED Staffing Calculator tool enables data-driven assessment of staffing efficiency using PPH metrics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Emergency Medicine Services Core outsourced emergency department staffing, management, and clinical care services provided by board-certified emergency physicians. Includes full-risk outsourcing and consulting arrangements tailored to hospital needs.
• Hospitalist Services Hospitalist program staffing and management solutions that integrate emergency department operations with inpatient care, optimizing ED/hospitalist communication, throughput, and length of stay.
• Observation Medicine Staffing and management of observation/clinical decision units to reduce boarding times, improve throughput, and reduce denials, delivering higher patient satisfaction at lower costs.
• Urgent Care Consulting, staffing, and management solutions for hospital-affiliated urgent care facilities under various operational models.
• Critical Care ICU staffing and management services including protocol management and staffing mix optimization for acute care patient management.
• Aftercare Services Post-discharge patient engagement and follow-up processes designed to improve care delivery, patient satisfaction, and increase ED volume through physician engagement.
• EM and Hospital Operations Consulting Advisory services for emergency medicine and hospital operations, including alignment between ED and hospitalist providers, throughput optimization, and length of stay reduction.
• Quality Management Proprietary Quality Management Dashboard providing data-driven feedback measured to the provider level, enabling ED performance improvement and best practice results.
• Risk Management Physician-owned risk management processes including FPPE and OPPE plans supported by provider-specific performance data and ED benchmarking to drive quality outcomes.
• Revenue Cycle Management Documentation review, coding guideline training, and billing optimization services. Strategic partnerships with Zotec and Allegiance for revenue cycle management.
• Emergency Medicine Residency Programs ACGME-accredited Emergency Medicine residency programs at Good Samaritan University Hospital and St. Joseph Hospital, including ultrasound, pediatric EM rotations, and 16 weeks of critical care.
• Emergency Medicine PA Fellowship 18-month Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant Fellowship at partner hospitals in New York combining didactic and clinical education, with fellows training alongside EM residents under attending physician supervision.
• Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) Fellowship ACGME-accredited Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship at Good Samaritan University Hospital, one of only 10 in New York, treating over 22,000 patients under 21 annually in a Level II Pediatric Trauma Center.
• ED Staffing Calculator Interactive web-based calculator for hospital leadership to compare staffing efficiency against current providers. Evaluates staffing levels using Patients per Provider Hour (PPH) ratios and relates to patient volume and collections per visit.

Quantifiable outcome

• Greater than 25% increase in year-over-year collections in new contracts through rigorous documentation and coding attention
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Emergency Care Partners (ECP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerECP is the parent company and national platform for PEP. Headquartered in Pensacola, Florida, ECP provides resources, talent, and network scale while PEP maintains local branding and clinical autonomy. ECP operates in Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, Louisiana, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, and Illinois with 45 sites and 1.2M+ annual patient visits.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• US Acute Care Solutions (USACS): National physician-owned emergency medicine, hospitalist, and critical care group with a similar partnership model and outsourced ED management focus, directly comparable to PEP's core offering across a much larger geographic footprint.
• SCP Health: National physician group specializing in emergency medicine, hospitalist, and urgent care management for hospitals and health systems; closely comparable to PEP across service mix, customer base, and outsourced ED delivery model.
• Vituity: Physician-owned partnership providing emergency medicine, hospitalist, anesthesiology, and acute care services to hospitals across the US; directly comparable to PEP's democratic partnership model and ED outsourcing focus.
• ApolloMD: Physician-owned, multispecialty group offering emergency medicine, hospitalist, and anesthesia services to hospitals; comparable to PEP in ownership structure, clinical scope, and B2B hospital customer base.
• Emergency Medicine Physicians (EMP): Physician-owned emergency medicine group staffing and managing hospital emergency departments across multiple states; closely comparable to PEP in service line, ownership philosophy, and customer type.
• Schumacher Clinical Partners: Multi-specialty physician services company providing emergency medicine, hospitalist, and urgent care staffing to hospitals and health systems; directly comparable to PEP's outsourced ED management offering.

Broad incumbents

• TeamHealth: One of the largest outsourced clinical healthcare staffing providers in the US, offering emergency medicine, hospitalist, and anesthesia services to hospitals nationwide; competes head-to-head with PEP on hospital ED outsourcing RFPs at much greater scale.
• Envision Healthcare: Large national physician services company providing emergency, hospitalist, anesthesiology, and radiology staffing; a dominant incumbent in the same outsourced ED management category as PEP, with significantly broader scale and service breadth.

Emerging players

• Core Clinical Partners: Emerging physician-owned emergency medicine and hospitalist management group serving community hospitals; comparable to PEP in partnership model and ED outsourcing focus, though at a smaller and earlier-growth stage.

Others

• Catholic Health (Long Island): Health system that is both PEP's largest customer and a tightly integrated operating partner across multiple Long Island hospitals; included as a customer/partner counterparty rather than a competitor, but central to PEP's commercial structure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/PEPHealth
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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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