About EMBC

Founded in 2020, the Emergency Medicine Business Coalition (EMBC) delivers modern business solutions to its membership of independent democratic emergency medicine practice groups. Providing an amplified voice, shared best practices, and economies of scale, EMBC ensures the strength, success, and viability of physician-led emergency medicine practice groups in the marketplace. 

Leading the way in Quality patient care

Hospitals around the country are trusting EMBC (Emergency Medicine Business Coalition) members to provide effective leadership and the highest quality patient care for their emergency departments. 

When hospitals partner with EMBC members, both the hospital management team and the community wins. 

Local physicians, national network

Our local physicians are backed by a powerful network of national emergency medicine practitioners. Today, that network includes 3,600 physicians, represents 26 states, and covers 5.6M patients annually. 

 

 

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Why EMBC

Each year, EMBC surveys its member practice groups to understand how our members are performing vs. data collected by the Emergency Department Benchmarking Alliance on similarly sized groups across the country. 


62% of our member groups have been in business 35+ years. 

Our member practice groups are all independently and physician owned. Member have decades of clinical experience and are almost exclusively board certified. 

30 minutes shorter median length of stay vs. industry average.  

We balance speed and quality of care. Across all emergency department types, our partners delivered more efficient emergency room visits for patients. 

50% lower number of patients who left before being seen.

We minimize risk and lost revenue for your hospital. Our members' EDs have low rates of patients who leave without being seen, which means they are reaching every patient and hospitals aren’t losing millions in revenue.

57% of physicians live locally to the ED(s) where they practice. 

The majority of our physicians live in the communities they serve. As EMBC members, our physicians also have a strong national network behind them, giving our members a local perspective with national strength. 

 EMBC data was collected between January 31, 2023 and March 13, 2023. EDBA data is from their 2-23 ED Performance Measures Report.

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