The Power 50: Tarek Elsawy
TAREK ELSAWY, MD, FACP
President & CEO
Reliant Medical Group, Worcester
Residences: Worcester & Aurora, Ohio
Colleges: Case Western Reserve University, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
In April, Elsawy went from the CEO of the largest independent physicians' group in Central Massachusetts with 2,600 employees and 320,000 patients, to all of that plus the backing of a global organization with $85 billion in annual revenue. Reliant was purchased for $28 million by OptumCare, a global health organization and division of Minnesota conglomerate UnitedHealth Group. Elsawy's focus has remained, though, on providing quality and compassionate patient-centric care in the most affordable manner. His efforts to cut down on healthcare costs at the almost 90-year-old institution include developing a new office model to treat patients with a team of providers and partner with Worcester insurer Fallon Health to create an affordable care organization. In the meantime, Reliant has been opening new offices throughout the region, in places like Auburn and Worcester's Greendale Mall.
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