The Chicago Tribune conducted an interview with Downers Grove, Ill.-based DuPage Medical Group CEO Michael Kasper, discussing several trends in healthcare and where he sees the practice growing.
DuPage medical Group acquired 211 providers in the past year and now includes 800 providers across almost 50 specialties. Here are five key notes from the interview:
1. On why expansion was important: "Within our business, or really any business, we have fixed assets, so growing the organization helps us leverage against those fixed assets."
2. On the practice's owner-operator model, where physicians own 100 percent of the clinical practice as well as owning shares in a management services company: "We really leave a lot of autonomy within the physician practices."
3. On whether there's a plan to limit practice size: "I would say the sky's the limit, really. Our ultimate goal would be to become the pre-eminent national medical group, a national solution for physicians and patients."
4. On the ACA: "My hope is that they find a way to improve the Affordable Care Act, but a full repeal, in my personal opinion, it wouldn't hurt us as much because we don't have as many (patients with Medicaid or insurance through the Affordable Care Act exchange) who come see us."
5. On why he works in healthcare: "The system doesn't treat ill people very well and that always frustrated me. I wanted to be a part of an organization where I could influence not just the care delivery side but the service side of healthcare and how we take care of people."
Mr. Kasper is a keynote speaker at the Becker's 15th Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference + The Future of Spine annual meeting in Chicago, June 22 to 24, 2017. Click here to learn more and register.
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