CEP America’s Multi-Specialty Expansion Continues with Launch of Anesthesia Program at Washington, D.C.’s Providence Health System

Business Wire

EMERYVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CEP America today announced its partnership to provide clinical anesthesia services for Providence Hospital, the longest continually serving hospital in Washington, D.C., and a part of Ascension, the nation’s largest Catholic and non-profit health system.

The move gives CEP America, one of the nation’s leading providers of acute care and multi-specialty clinical program solutions, the company’s first anesthesiology program outside of California, as well as a coast-to-coast presence in the specialty. The Anesthesiology Practice is also an expansion of CEP America’s existing Emergency Medicine program for the Pope Francis Emergency Care Center at Providence.

CEP’s model is based on an innovative democratic partnership; all physicians with the organization are equal partners, giving them autonomy and a voice. Many of the anesthesiologists with the current Providence anesthesia group will be transitioning to the CEP program, ensuring continuity of care and ongoing collaboration with existing care teams. Providence anesthesiologists currently perform more than 11,000 procedures annually.

A key reason for the addition of the anesthesiology program was a commitment from Providence leadership to greater coordination and integration along the care continuum, including the establishment of an anesthesiologist led perioperative clinic. CEP America programs help hospitals achieve their goals by consistently providing improvements in critical areas, including patient satisfaction, performance improvements – such as operating room efficiency and throughput, as well as recruitment and retention of top physicians and clinical team members – such as anesthesiologists, physician assistants, and certified registered nurse anesthetists.

“As we move into value-based payment models, it becomes more important to partner with organizations whose incentives are aligned with our own and who are committed to ensuring we provide the best care possible to our community,” said Patricia Evans, MD, Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer of Providence. “What is important to Providence and our patients is also important to CEP. Through this arrangement we are building a better program for our entire organization.”

About CEP America

Since its founding in 1975, CEP America has expanded to offer a wide range of clinical, staffing and administrative expertise designed to increase clinical quality and service excellence across the acute care continuum. Over the last 40 years, CEP America has grown to include over 2,900 providers treating 6.3 million patients a year at over 200 practices specializing in urgent, emergent, inpatient, perioperative, and post-acute care. Visit www.cepamerica.com. Follow CEP America on Twitter at twitter.com/CEP_America.

About Providence

Providence Health System (www.provhosp.org) is a 408-bed hospital in Washington, D.C., with expert medical staff of more than 500 providers. Founded by the Daughters of Charity in 1861 with its charter signed by President Abraham Lincoln, Providence is the longest continually serving hospital in the District. Located near the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Providence is situated on a 36-acre campus within the vibrant Brookland community in northeast D.C. Our Catholic health ministry improves the health of individuals and of our community with compassion and justice and we are mission driven to serve all persons with joy, care, and respect. Providence is proud to be a member of Ascension, the nation's largest Catholic and largest non-profit health system.

About Ascension

Ascension (www.ascension.org) is a faith-based healthcare organization dedicated to transformation through innovation across the continuum of care. As the largest non-profit health system in the U.S. and the world’s largest Catholic health system, Ascension is committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, with special attention to persons living in poverty and those most vulnerable. In FY2015, Ascension provided nearly $2 billion in care of persons living in poverty and other community benefit programs. Approximately 160,000 associates and 36,000 aligned providers serve in 2,500 sites of care – including 142 hospitals and more than 30 senior living facilities – in 24 states and the District of Columbia. In addition to healthcare delivery, Ascension subsidiaries provide a variety of services and solutions including physician practice management, venture capital investing, investment management, biomedical engineering, clinical care management, information services, risk management, and contracting through Ascension’s own group purchasing organization.