Key Employees

Most great ideas are dreamed into existence out of frustration with the way things are and shear determination to make things better.

After working for many years in physician billing, physician/payor contracts, and facilities negotiations, it became evident to AfterOurs Urgent Care Founder, Christopher Rehm, that the health care delivery service was missing; a suitable alternative to the emergency room!

While he knew that urgent care had an important role in the health care delivery system, he felt that most urgent care centers actually competed with physician offices, offering hours of service that encouraged patients to circumvent their primary care provider, and offering services that are most safely received by a health care provider who had a complete understanding of their health history.

With careful thought and a lot of research, the AfterOurs Urgent Care operating model was born. AfterOurs would serve as alternative to the ER, yet offer services and hours complimentary to physician practices. By limiting operating hours to evenings, weekends, and holidays, when most physician offices are closed, and by providing urgent health care, rather than preventative health, AfterOurs would fill the ER/physician gap, and encourage patients to seek treatment in the place of service most appropriate for their health care need.

Though much work needs to be done to educate health care consumers on when to access the emergency room, urgent care center, or physician practice, the AfterOurs Urgent Care staff has already seen that, more and more, patients are making informed decisions about where to access healthcare.

Educational and Professional Highlights

Christopher T. Rehm, Founder and Executive Director

“When the health care delivery service works, everyone wins!” – Chris

• Has engaged in healthcare business management, planning, consulting, marketing, auditing, and education, for over 15 years
• Has managed and consulted with more than 30 healthcare organizations
• Negotiated payor and facility contracts, physician and specialty practice mergers, and practice implementations for over 30 physician practices and clinics
• Worked with a variety of physician groups and hospitals to develop programs to cover critical, hospital-based physician services
• Continues to consult on a wide variety of strategic and organizational initiatives for facilities and physician practices, including practice implementations, physician compensation plans and physician hospital financial relationships
• Completed his undergraduate degree at Boston College and upon receiving his Master’s Degree, at the University of Missouri, facilitated the University's network development efforts, managing the start-up for fourteen, newly acquired practices
• Joined a large practice management and billing company, where he was responsible for operating 6 practices, throughout various states, and representing over 200 physicians
• In 1998, Chris co-founded the Pinnacle Group, which includes both Pinnacle Medical Billing, and Pinnacle Health Care Consulting
• In 2005, Chris and business partner, David White, opened the first AfterOurs Urgent Care, in Thornton, Colorado