NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Honest Medical
Group ("Honest"), a physician led value-based care enablement
organization, today announced the appointment of Robert Bessler, MD as Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) and member of the Board of Directors. Robert Bessler, MD
succeeds Aric Coffman, MD who will
remain a Senior Advisor to Honest. Robert
Bessler, MD brings over two decades of experience building
and growing health care companies, along with deep industry
relationships.
In 2001, Robert Bessler, MD
founded Sound Physicians ("Sound"), a physician led multi-specialty
medical group, where he served as the CEO and Chairman for 22
years. Through his strategic vision and leadership, the
business grew from a start-up to a destination practice of choice
for more than 4,000 physicians, and advance practice providers, and
the provider of choice for more than 450 hospitals nationwide.
Bessler and his team were able to grow Sound from start up to more
than 5,000 clinical and business colleagues in 47 states by
relentlessly focusing on creating an environment where clinicians
could do meaningful work to improve quality and lower costs.
"I am excited to join the spectacular team at Honest that
focuses on my passion around improving quality and lowering the
cost of healthcare for the patients it serves. We are at a crucial
time in our nation's history to finally make this move to value a
reality at scale for the more than 60 million Americans depending
on a viable future with Medicare. It is equally important to create
a viable long term financial model for primary care physicians and
health systems with Medicare as the payor," said Robert Bessler MD.
As a leader, Robert Bessler, MD
believes that physicians are best positioned to lead the successful
transition from fee-for-service to value-based care and joins
Honest to further this effort. Honest partners with primary care
physicians, health systems, and payors in the shift to value-based
care by delivering actionable data and empowering them with
operational and clinical resources needed to thrive in environments
where incentives are aligned to improve patient outcomes and
decrease unnecessary health care costs.
"Clinician leaders serve as a catalyst for transformation,
driving operational excellence, and improved patient outcomes.
Robert Bessler epitomizes the essence of a clinician leader,
seamlessly blending medical expertise with visionary leadership.
Honest will benefit greatly from his deep experience and leadership
as the business continues to grow," said Adam Boehler, Chairman of Honest.
About Honest Medical Group
Honest partners with providers and payors to achieve the
quadruple aim of improving population health, enhancing the care
experience, reducing costs, and addressing care team well-being.
Honest does this through value-based arrangements with the Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Medicare
Advantage Organizations and by enhancing providers access to
patient insights through technology solutions and extending care
into patient's homes and communities through our "high touch"
clinical care models, seamlessly blending into provider's existing
treatment of patients and enhancing providers' ability to treat
high-risk patients. As of 2024, Honest supports the care of over
115,000 Medicare and Medicare Advantage members in value-based care
arrangements. Honest was founded in 2021 by Adam Boehler, Abe
Sutton, and Matt Kim, health
care innovators and founders of Rubicon Founders, a health care
investment firm focused on building transformational companies.
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