Pulmonary and Critical Care Associates

What Pulmonary and Critical Care Associates does

Pulmonary and Critical Care Associates, P.C. (PCCA) is a Michigan-incorporated professional corporation founded in 1984 that operates a multi-specialty physician practice delivering pulmonary, sleep, and critical care services across southeast Michigan. The practice maintains four outpatient offices in Shelby Township, St. Clair Shores, Roseville, and Grosse Pointe, and provides inpatient critical care coverage at seven affiliated hospitals and long-term acute care facilities, including Henry Ford St. John, McLaren Macomb, Henry Ford Macomb, Corewell Health Troy, Corewell Health Grosse Pointe, and Select Specialty Hospitals in Grosse Pointe and Macomb.

PCCA's clinical technology stack is conventional for a specialty practice: diagnostic equipment including Nox T3 and Alice NightOne home sleep testing devices, spirometry and 6-minute walk testing for pulmonary function assessment, and an AASM-accredited 4-bed sleep facility with private rooms in Roseville operating six nights per week for in-lab polysomnography, MSLT, and MWT testing. Patient engagement is delivered through a healow-powered online portal providing 24/7 appointment requests, prescription refills, and provider messaging, with both virtual telehealth and in-person visits offered. All diagnostic testing meets AASM standards.

The business model is insurance-based fee-for-service: PCCA bills most major insurance plans for outpatient and inpatient pulmonary consultations, sleep studies, and critical care services, with co-pays and deductibles collected at time of service. The practice is physician-owned, generates no disclosed revenue, and relies on physician referrals, hospital-affiliated visibility, and patient testimonials as its primary go-to-market channels. Approximately nine board-certified physicians staff the practice across pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine, several of whom hold academic appointments and hospital leadership roles across southeast Michigan.

Name

Pulmonary and Critical Care Associates

Legal name

Pulmonary & Critical Care Associates, P.C.

Website

https://mypccadocs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Pulmonary and Critical Care Associates (PCCA) is a physician-owned multi-specialty practice founded in 1984 that delivers pulmonary, sleep, and critical care services to patients across four outpatient offices and seven hospital affiliations in southeast Michigan.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Medical Practice (Pulmonology)

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAKANAA

General Pulmonology Practice

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Specialist Medical Practice/Pulmonology & Sleep Medicine

SECONDARYHLAFABAJ

Ambulatory Sleep Medicine Centers

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Ambulatory & Outpatient Care Centers

SECONDARYHLAKAAAC

Asthma & Airway Disease Specialty Care

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Specialist Medical Practice/Allergy & Immunology

SECONDARYHLAKANAD

Asthma & Allergy-Related Pulmonary Care

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Specialist Medical Practice/Pulmonology & Sleep Medicine

Keywords

• Pulmonary medicine
• Critical care services
• Sleep medicine
• Respiratory diagnostics
• Sleep disorder treatment

Headquarters

HQ city

Shelby

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Medical Services Revenue: Outpatient and inpatient medical services billed through insurance including pulmonary consultations, sleep studies, and critical care services. Revenue collected via co-pays, deductibles, and insurance reimbursements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Pulmonary & Critical Care Associates operates a multi-specialty medical practice delivering pulmonary, sleep, and critical care services to patients across southeast Michigan. The practice provides outpatient consultations and diagnostic testing at four office locations (Shelby Township, St. Clair Shores, Roseville, and Grosse Pointe), and inpatient critical care services at multiple affiliated hospitals. Diagnostic offerings include pulmonary function testing, AASM-accredited in-lab sleep studies, and home sleep testing using Nox T3 and Alice Night One devices.

Product overview

Pulmonary & Critical Care Associates operates as a multi-specialty medical practice offering integrated pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine services across four southeast Michigan office locations (Shelby Township, St. Clair Shores, Roseville, and Grosse Pointe). The practice functions as a unified service offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Core services include the Pulmonary Practice (respiratory evaluations and chronic disease management), Critical Care Practice (hospital-based ICU services), and Sleep Practice (sleep disorder diagnosis and treatment). Supporting diagnostic services include Home Sleep Testing using Nox T3 and Alice NightOne devices, in-lab AASM-accredited sleep studies at the Roseville facility, and Pulmonary Function Testing. The Patient Portal provides patients 24/7 access to appointment scheduling, prescription refills, and provider communication. The practice maintains hospital affiliations with seven major healthcare facilities across the region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers5 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

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Henry Ford St. JohncoreOthers772-bed teaching hospital in Detroit providing inpatient critical care services. Level II Trauma Center with Chest Pain Center and Heart Failure Center accreditations. Multiple PCCA physicians serve in leadership roles including Associate Program Director and Medical Director of ICU.
• McLaren Macomb HospitalcoreOthers288-bed acute care hospital in Mount Clemens, Michigan with over 2,000 employees. One of Macomb County's leading employers with more than 420 affiliated physicians. PCCA physicians serve in medical director and critical care leadership roles.
• Henry Ford Macomb HospitalcoreOthersPart of Henry Ford Health System providing advanced healthcare services throughout Macomb County. Multiple PCCA physicians provide inpatient care at this facility.
• Corewell Health TroycoreOthers394-bed community hospital offering comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services in Troy, Michigan. PCCA physicians provide pulmonary and critical care services at this facility.
• Corewell Health Grosse PointecoreOthers250-bed community hospital that has received the Governor's Award in multiple categories. PCCA physicians including Dr. Kousha serve as Medical Director of ICU at this facility.
• Select Specialty Hospital Grosse PointesupportingOthersLong-term acute care hospital (LTAC) specializing in patients with complex medical and surgical conditions. PCCA physicians provide ICU services and respiratory care.
• Select Specialty Hospital MacombsupportingOthersLong-term acute care hospital providing services for critically complex medical and surgical conditions. PCCA physicians serve in leadership roles including Program Director of Respiratory Care.
• American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSleep testing facilities at Roseville location are fully accredited by AASM. Testing conducted using state-of-the-art equipment meeting AASM standards for sleep disorder diagnosis.
• Patient-Centered Medical Home NeighborsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPCCA is a proud member of the Patient-Centered Medical Home Neighbor program, a care team model led by a primary care physician focusing on patient health needs, coordinated care across settings, and enhanced access.
• Wayne State University School of MedicinesupportingOthersMultiple PCCA physicians serve as faculty or Assistant Professors in the Department of Internal Medicine. Residents and medical students from Wayne State rotate through the practice.
• Michigan State University College of Osteopathic MedicinesupportingOthersDr. Bryan Barnosky serves as Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine. Practice provides educational opportunities for medical students and residents.
• Oakland University William Beaumont School of MedicinesupportingOthersDr. Mohammad Kousha serves as Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine. Practice contributes to medical education and physician training.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Gastro Health: PE-backed specialty medical practice roll-up delivering outpatient specialty care across multiple states. Comparable to PCCA as an example of the multi-site specialty practice model that PE consolidators actively acquire and scale.
• Sound Physicians: PE-backed national physician group focused on hospital medicine, critical care, and emergency medicine. Operates a multi-site specialty practice model with hospital-system partnerships analogous to PCCA's ICU coverage across seven Michigan hospitals.
• US Acute Care Solutions (USACS): Physician-owned group specializing in emergency medicine, critical care, and hospital medicine across multiple states. Comparable as a multi-specialty, hospital-affiliated practice with academic affiliations and ICU coverage scope parallel to PCCA.
• Apogee Physicians: National hospitalist and critical care physician group with regional partner practices. Closely matches PCCA's model of multi-specialty physician groups providing inpatient pulmonary and critical care at community hospitals.
• U.S. Dermatology Partners: PE-backed dermatology specialty practice platform with multi-site operations and physician partnership model. Demonstrates the same roll-up archetype that would apply to scaling PCCA in pulmonology and sleep medicine.

Broad incumbents

• Cleveland Clinic: National academic medical center with deep pulmonology, sleep medicine, and critical care service lines. Comparable as a broad incumbent whose employed-specialist model represents the strategic alternative to PCCA's independent practice approach.
• TeamHealth: Large national provider of hospital-based clinical services including critical care, hospital medicine, and emergency medicine. Comparable to PCCA in delivering specialty physician staffing at acute care hospitals but at national scale.
• Henry Ford Health: Major regional health system and PCCA's largest hospital partner (Henry Ford St. John, Henry Ford Macomb). Comparable as the broader incumbent that employs competing pulmonary specialists and could internalize PCCA's role.
• Corewell Health: Large regional health system operating Troy and Grosse Pointe hospitals where PCCA physicians hold ICU leadership roles. Comparable as a broad incumbent system that employs pulmonologists and competes for inpatient coverage.

Emerging players

• Privia Health: Physician practice enablement platform supporting independent specialty and primary care groups with technology, payer contracting, and back-office services. Relevant as a potential partner or PE-style platform for scaling PCCA's multi-site operations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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