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SERVANT'S HE ART, OWNER'S mind and a passion to make a diŸerence. This has been the recipe for success for Dominic Bagnoli, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, and the company he co-founded more than 20 years ago — Emergency Medicine Physicians (EMP). It's also the foundation for U.S. Acute Care Solutions (USACS), a new company he launched last year. EMP is the second largest physician-owned emergency medicine group, and one of the top five overall, in the nation. Established in 1992 by Dr. Bagnoli and two other board-certified emergency medicine physicians practicing at a Massillon, Ohio, hospital, EMP now boasts more than 900 physicians and 400 advanced practice providers at 72 hospitals in 16 states across the country. The company's growth is due in part to its innovative systems, such as its PhysicianFirst emergency department management system which reportedly shortens "door to doctor" times, reduces left-without-being-seen rates and improves patient satisfaction. Meaningful continuing education and training programs, like its Patient Satisfaction Academy for current clinicians and its Scholars Program for the next generation of physician leaders, have also contributed to the company's ongoing success. A lways looking to improve ca re, Dr. Bag noli took a g ia nt step for wa rd last yea r when EMP a nd its practice ma nage- ment operations beca me the foundation for USACS. True to its roots, USACS will remain majority-owned by physicia ns and focused on building a nationa l leader of integrated acute ca re solutions — one that 's "va lued by patients, preferred by clinicia ns a nd chosen by hea lth systems," according to its mission statement. Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, a lead- ing hea lthcare investment f irm, will help with this endeavor. " The creation of U. S. Acute Ca re Solutions puts physi- cia n ow nership front a nd center in a unique pa r tnership w ith strong operationa l capabi lities a nd w ith a n ex peri- enced capita l pa r tner in Welsh Ca rson," says Dr. Bag noli, Chief Executive Of f icer of USACS. " Welsh Ca rson ha s a proven track record of pa r tner i ng w it h physicia ns a nd major integ rated deliver y systems to build ma rket leaders, li ke they 've done w ith U. S. A nesthesia Pa r tners, United Surg ica l Pa r tners, U. S. Oncolog y a nd ma ny others. They prov ide us w ith a g reat oppor tunit y to g row our practice a nd streng then our va lues of high qua lit y patient ca re a nd physicia n ownership." 0 8❱❱❱❱❱ C O V E R S T O R Y Dominic J. Bagnoli, MD, CEO U.S. Acute Care Solutions: Patient-centered, Physician-owned BY ROBERT JANEK PHOTOS © SMITHBERGER PHOTOGRAPHY, NORTH CANTON, OHIO Dominic Bagnoli, MD, FACEP, FA AEM, Chief Executive Officer, (far left) is shown here in U.S. Acute Care Solutions' board room with three other members of USACS' executive leadership team: Sharon Brunecz, Chief Human Resources Officer; Dan Savitt, MBA, Chief Financial Officer; and Dave Johnson, MBA, Chief Operating Officer. 0 8