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Expanding Physicians Endoscopy becomes PE GI Solutions
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By Robert Kurtz
management of freestanding, single-specialty endoscopic ASCs through aligned investments and collaboration with practicing physicians, health systems, and hospitals. PE Center Solutions presents a number of opportunities for GI physicians and health systems to build, develop, and optimize a new or existing GI-specific ASC. “Whether partnering to create a new ASC from the ground up, acquiring and managing the business operations of an established ASC, or engaging in a joint venture, we are committed to offering options that benefit all parties. With a flexible service model and several different ownership and investment opportunities, our partners can maintain their stake in the business while remaining independent,” Young says. The PE Practice Solutions platform, formulated with CDC, is the physician-oriented management services platform that specializes in aligning business growth objectives of GIs through investment opportunities to improve and grow practices while maintaining Physicians Endoscopy Is physician independence. “Business and Now PE GI Solutions healthcare should complement each “Business and healthcare other, not stand at odds,” Young says. With the expansion into practice PE Practice Solutions helps physisolutions, PE positioned itself as the should complement each cians achieve the best of both worlds thought leader in the GI community other, not stand at odds. ” through the resources, infrastructure, and the GI partner. The foundaand management services gastroention of the organization is built on – David Young, President and terologists need to be able to focus improving the lives of patients and CEO of PE GI Solutions on doing what they do best: providing giving physicians the opportunity to quality patient care. maintain their independence while Services delivered via the platform practicing medicine. include full-service management, finance, clinical and “PE GI Solutions is unique in that it is a holistic solution operational excellence, information technology, physician designed solely for the GI physician,” says David Young, recruitment and human resources, revenue cycle management, President and Chief Executive Officer of PE GI Solutions. payor contracting, marketing, policy advocacy, and specialty “Through a series of strategies, it helps GI physicians run and ancillary services. their businesses, remain independent, and gain more time “It’s an all-encompassing offering for GI physicians to spend with, and deliver quality care to, patients.” wherever they practice, supplied by our team of experts,” The expanded offering combines two strategic partnership says Young. “We’ve been serving GI specialists exclusively opportunities under a shared services model. PE Center for more than two decades, which has made us highly Solutions platform specializes in the development and
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ver the last 20-plus years, Physicians Endoscopy (PE) has planted roots in the GI landscape. PE has overcome speed bumps, welcomed changes, and most importantly, continued to grow and evolve with the GI community. In August 2019, Physicians Endoscopy and Capital Digestive Care (CDC), one of the largest GI groups in the country, entered into a strategic joint venture partnership. This led to the formation of a practice solutions platform designed to support and improve the performance of independent GIs and their practices—a solution that enhanced PE’s existing services for GIs and their ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). About a year and a half after the launch of the practice solutions platform and 22 years since PE’s founding, the company is undergoing the launch of a brand expansion to reflect its ability to meet all of the needs of GI physicians under an all-encompassing platform.
