Episode 127: ‘Medicine is Local’: Partnering With Emergency Departments, With Kevin Baker

“Our big mantra is: ‘Medicine is local,’ ” says Kevin Baker, who partners with emergency medicine groups across the United States in his role as director of development at Emergency Care Partners.

In this conversation with McGuireWoods partner and host Geoff Cockrell, Kevin lays out the landscape of the U.S. emergency department sector, where about a third of hospitals now in-source their physicians. He unpacks the major headwinds facing emergency department operators: patient boarding, NSA fallout, declining reimbursement and EMTALA’s built-in bad debt burden.

Tune in to hear what he describes as the biggest competition Emergency Care Partners faced — it may surprise you.

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