Our History

In 2008, we were four like-minded physicians with particular and common focus on excellent, patient-centered care who formed a cross-coverage team for hospital patients in the Henderson and Las Vegas area. Within a short period of time, our reputation for providing outstanding patient care was noticed by all in the community. This included primary care providers, surgeons, subspecialists and local commercial insurances who in turn, asked us to service their patients when admitted to these hospitals. As the number of patient lives we were responsible for grew, we added more physicians to our group. Realizing that these other physicians were extensions of ourselves, we were careful to recruit, hire and retain those who maintained the same values as ours.

 

In the last 12 years, our work was also been noticed by hospital systems and payors.  We are very proud to be the only local, homegrown group to currently have hospitalist service contracts for five of the major acute care hospitals in the Southern Nevada.  In addition to the hospitals, we have contracts with all major payors in the market and have extensive HMO and managed-care experience.  As such, we continue to innovate and work hard individually and as a group to deliver our promise of high-quality, safe, efficient, and patient-centered care. We bring a diverse, deep and broad range of experience and believe these characteristics uniquely qualify and set us apart from other hospitalist groups.

 

To date, Platinum Hospitalists has grown to 117 providers. It is our unwavering belief that if we put patient care first, everything else will fall into place.

Our Mission Statement

“As a physician-owned and physician-led hospitalist group, be the best in delivering efficient, effective and excellent patient-centered care”
Our Values

EXCELLENCE

Produce best outcomes through best practices

ENGAGEMENT

Commit to work together with other healthcare stakeholders to continuously improve care and patient experience

COLLABORATION

Share responsibility and accountability for patient care and work closely together with other members of the healthcare team to achieve and common and defined goals

STEWARDSHIP

Managing our patients the best way, to prevent wasteful consumption of healthcare resources

INTEGRITY

To do the right thing, even when nobody is watching
Our Promise

Platinum Hospitalists is a physician-owned group with managing partners who actively practice Hospital Medicine. This contributes significantly to our physician engagement. Our providers know that the leaders and managers of the group are physicians who will not ask them to do anything they would not do themselves.

 

For each acute care hospital where we have a presence, there is a physician pod leader.  This person is responsible for coordinating all communication between and among our physicians, hospital administration and payers. This way, all stakeholders are clear on the goals, expectations, performance results and opportunities for improvement.  As always, the end result is better patient care.  

 

We emphasize continuity of care. Our providers  assume responsibility for their patients from the time of admission to discharge with the least number of hand-offs.  Each of our physicians practice at only one acute hospital in any given day. This kind of workflow allows them to familiarize with not only their  patients, but also the  team of healthcare workers, leadership, and management, expectations and available resources at their assigned facility.  This makes for better risk management, efficiency and accountability.

 

We stay updated with ongoing changes in healthcare and continue to innovate accordingly. This helps us with our commitment to meet the needs of patients and expectations of facilities and  insurance carriers.