President named for Michigan Market Ascension Medical Group

Ascension Michigan is pleased to announce that Kenneth E. Berkovitz, MD, FACC, will join the Ascension Michigan executive team Aug. 6 as president of the Michigan Market Ascension Medical Group (AMG). This newly created position fills a significant need within our market to align our local AMG entities and develop a statewide business and operational strategy.

Dr. Berkovitz will represent Ascension Michigan nationally, as part of AMG. Spanning 16 states, including the District of Columbia, Ascension Medical Group is one of the largest healthcare provider networks in the United States. AMG is dedicated to advancing the Quadruple Aim of delivering exceptional health outcomes, an exceptional experience for the people we serve, and an exceptional experience for providers, at an affordable cost.

Dr. Berkovitz currently serves as chief executive officer of the Cardiovascular Institute at OSF Healthcare System in Peoria, Illinois. Previously he served as president of the Summa Health System Cardiovascular Institute in Akron, Ohio. A board-certified cardiologist and diplomate in interventional cardiology, Dr. Berkovitz received his medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

“We believe that our physician network is the essential foundation of our growth strategy across Ascension,” said Joseph Cacchione, MD, President, Ascension Medical Group and Interim Market Executive, Ascension Michigan. “The time is right to use our statewide footprint to bring new populations into our system of care. Dr. Berkovitz will be a strong leader in that effort.”

Dr. Berkovitz will work closely with the dyad leadership teams of the AMG business entities in southeast Michigan, Mid-Michigan and western Michigan to create a cohesive clinical network poised to grow and flourish across the state. Their leadership continues to be critical in connecting local primary care physicians and specialists with our unified strategy. There are approximately 1,100 employed providers within the Ascension Michigan market. In Fiscal Year 2018, they logged 2.57 million patient visits and $654 million in revenue.

About Ascension Michigan

In Michigan, Ascension operates 15 hospitals and hundreds of related healthcare facilities that together employ approximately 26,000 associates. Across the state, Ascension provided almost $230 million in community benefit and care of persons living in poverty in FY2017.

Serving Michigan for over 140 years, Ascension (www.ascension.org) is a faith-based healthcare organization dedicated to transformation through innovation across the continuum of care. As the largest non-profit health system in the U.S. and the world’s largest Catholic health system, Ascension is committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, with special attention to persons living in poverty and those most vulnerable. In FY2017, Ascension provided more than $1.8 billion in care of persons living in poverty and other community benefit programs.

Ascension includes approximately 165,000 associates and 34,000 aligned providers. Ascension’s Healthcare Division operates more than 2,600 sites of care – including 153 hospitals and more than 50 senior living facilities – in 22 states and the District of Columbia, while its Solutions Division provides a variety of services and solutions including physician practice management, venture capital investing, investment management, biomedical engineering, facilities management, clinical care management, information services, risk management, and contracting through Ascension’s own group purchasing organization.

About Ascension Medical Group

Ascension Medical Group officially launched in July 2015 and includes nearly 5,500 physicians and 2,400 advanced practitioners, for a total of more than 7,800 providers. Spanning 16 states, including the District of Columbia, Ascension Medical Group is one of the largest healthcare provider networks in the United States. It is dedicated to advancing the Quadruple Aim of delivering exceptional health outcomes, an exceptional experience for the people we serve, and an exceptional experience for providers, at an affordable cost.

Created with the central principle of developing a high performing medical group, Ascension Medical Group is driven by the passion to provide compassionate, personalized care.

With a commitment to those who are poor and vulnerable, we are dedicated to spiritually centered, holistic care, which sustains and improves the health of individuals and communities. We will work closely with our partners in pursuit of our shared goals and do this in a way that sustains our ministry now and in the future.