Former Hospital COO Launches Hybrid Primary Care Practice
Becker's Hospital Review interviews Kevin Neese, MD, a former hospital CMO and COO who co-founded Helix Advanced Medicine, a Greenwood, Indiana primary care practice combining traditional insurance-billed internal medicine, an optional concierge membership, and advanced wellness programs like hormone therapy and dementia prevention. Neese also started Novenza in October 2025, a company employing nurse practitioners who cover nursing facilities. He discusses why he structured the practice with three tiers of access rather than going fully concierge, and applies lessons from value-based care, particularly reductions in hospital readmissions seen in high-needs ACO and institutional special needs plan populations, to his new practice's design. The piece is a founder Q&A rather than a policy or regulatory development.