LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Emergent Medical Associates, www.ema.us, today announced it has been recognized in Modern Healthcare's brand new Healthcare's Hottest award. The magazine's Healthcare's Hottest program recognizes the fastest growing healthcare companies that are headquartered in the U.S., have at least $20M in revenue for 2011 and have been in business for five years or more.
Emergent Medical Associates (EMA) is Southern California's leading emergency room physician group. The company provides expert care management to 22 healthcare facilities in Southern California, and cares for almost 700,000 patients annually. EMA's value proposition integrates a set of management techniques combining clinical excellence, objective performance measurement, senior on-site leadership and a relationship-oriented approach targeted towards creating "Emergency Departments of Excellence."
"We are honored to be recognized by Modern Healthcare with this award," said Jamey Edwards, CEO of Emergent Medical Associates. "EMA has always prided itself on bringing innovative and industry leading solutions to the hospitals and communities we serve. This recognition really belongs to our ER providers who spend their days on the front line of medicine putting the patient first and taking healthcare to the next level."
"Being named to Modern Healthcare's list of the Healthcare's Hottest for 2012 demonstrates EMA's leadership, innovation and entrepreneurial spirit which has allowed the Company to thrive despite the economic downturn and tough reimbursement environment," said Fawn Lopez, Vice President and Publisher of Modern Healthcare.
Emergent Medical Associates has a proven track record of success for partnering with hospitals to enhance operations, financial performance and efficiency while improving access to and the quality of care in its communities. EMA's unique eco-system approach drives positive change throughout the hospital and its local focus and understanding of its patient populations allows its doctors to provide the right care to the right patients at the right time. EMA has been at the forefront of providing innovative care solutions that put the patient first since 1991 including the founding of Benchmark Hospitalists (www.benchmark.md), one of Southern California's leading hospitalist groups, and the acquisition and support of the Language Access Network (www.lan.us), the nation's leading language services company solely focused on healthcare.
The 2012 Healthcare's Hottest program identified the 40 fastest growing companies in the following sectors:
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Hospitals/hospital systems
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Physician group practices
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Payers/insurers
- Suppliers
Emergent Medical Associates ("EMA") is the leading provider of emergency care and episodic care management services to patients, communities, physician groups and hospitals throughout California. Our hospital clients include 22 sites caring for more than 700,000 patients annually. Our proven physicians, proprietary methods and management techniques as well as uncompromising standards allow us to create "Departments of Excellence" for our clients based on the provision of superior patient care to the communities we serve. Our highly analytical approach, objective performance measurement and team-orientation create an environment where our physicians thrive, hospitals prosper and patients leave our facilities knowing they were treated in a timely, compassionate and respectful manner.
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