physician ownership
The OVP HEALTH Difference: OWNERSHIP
Running a successful hospital is often a challenging and delicate “balancing act.” Making it safely to the other end of the “tightrope” requires just the right skill, discipline, focus, strength, and heart. A deficit or imbalance in any one of those critical areas could spell disaster.
At OVP HEALTH, we understand the delicate balance needed for a hospital to provide the highest quality of care, within the confines of a budget. We understand medicine ⎯ and the business of medicine. We understand the challenges physicians face daily because we face them ourselves. We understand the important role that work/life balance plays in physician satisfaction and retention because there’s nothing more important to us than family.
We understand physicians because we are physicians. We’re a physician-founded, physician-owned, and physician-operated company. We understand hospitals because, for 25 years, OVP HEALTH has partnered with hospitals to collaborate on smart, effective solutions to their emergency department and hospitalist staffing, management, and operations challenges.
“By being physician-owned, we understand the need for best practices, the need for documentation to maintain compliance, and the need to work and collaborate with the hospitals for desired outcomes.”
Robert A. Hess, MD, FAAFP
Co-Owner, Co-Founder, and President
“We understand the practice of medicine and the need to provide high quality care service to our patients and hospitals. But we also understand the stress, and everything that goes with that.”
Stephen C. Shy II, DO
Co-Owner and Medical Director of Emergency Services
“Providers sometimes feel that they’re not listened to – that the administration doesn’t know what they’re going through. And if the last few years have told us anything, it’s that our providers have gone through a lot. And we are beside them, working along with them, and also going through it.”
Jonathan A. Hess, MD
Co-Owner, Medical Director of Addiction Services, and Emergency Physician
“From a provider’s standpoint, they like being in an association with other providers or owners they can relate with and talk to about the day-to-day operations of what it’s like to be a provider. Someone like me, who’s not a provider, really can’t relate to that physician or mid-level provider because I’ve never worked in an ER when it’s been extremely busy. But our owners have. And so, I think it certainly is a benefit for them to be able to relate to what our people face on the front lines.”
Stacey Shy
Chief Executive Office, OVP HEALTH
“We’re obviously a big believer in physician leadership. Many decisions, perhaps most decisions, don’t come down to simply dollars and cents. Putting patient’s needs first is always a consideration, and sometimes, a decision comes down to what’s best for the patient is not necessarily what’s best for the bottom line. And I think, obviously, they believe in that, as well.”
Rodney Stout, MD
Chief Executive Officer, Holzer Health System
“Our owners and our medical directors are working clinical shifts right next to our other providers. It’s not someone in a corporate office, behind a computer. They run shifts at multiple locations and help fill in as needed. That’s key because they get a first-hand knowledge of what’s going on, as well as first-hand interactions with all of the providers.”
Nick Alexander
President, OVP HEALTH Acute Care Services
What’s Next?
OVP HEALTH continues to expand and evolve into various services and locations.
If your hospital is looking for a partner and a smart solution to your Emergency Department and Hospitalist staffing, management, and operational challenges, please fill out this form or reach out directly:
Nick Alexander
President of Acute Care Services