Exploring Life & Business with Ben Kasle of Elite Pain Doctors

Today we’d like to introduce you to Ben Kasle.

Hi Ben, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today?
I started by stepping into practices where patients were usually being pushed toward medication or surgery, and I built around the middle ground that most people don’t realize exists. What I wanted was a model where chiropractors, nurse practitioners, and MDs could work together, look at the same patient from different angles, and build a care plan in the right order and sequence. That became the foundation of Elite Pain Doctors.

Today, I serve as president for Elite Pain Doctors in Ohio and Indiana, and I’ve also operated in Kentucky, with partners in Arizona and Utah. The focus is helping patients get out of pain through a conservative to aggressive route that does not rely on heavy opiates or jumping straight to orthopedic intervention. It’s really about being a one-stop shop where people can get the view of different provider types and find the right next thing for their condition.

I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
No, it has not been a smooth road. One of the biggest struggles has been that most patients only think they have two options: medication or surgery. So part of the work has always been educating people that there is a middle ground, that there are services and procedures that can get you out of pain without heavy opiates and without jumping straight to metal rods and screws. A lot of people come in already dependent on medications, and that creates a challenge because if you have nothing to do with their medications, you can cut yourself off from a big part of the demographic.

Another struggle is that people often devalue how debilitating their problem really is. They get used to reducing what they can do in life, and they stop even paying attention to what they cannot do anymore. So a lot of the road has been helping people understand what their condition is actually costing them, what life would look like without it, and then getting them into the right order and sequence of care. That is why building a one stop shop model with different provider types working together has mattered so much.

We’ve been impressed with Elite Pain Doctors, but for folks who might not be as familiar, what can you share with them about what you do and what sets you apart from others?
What people should know about Elite Pain Doctors is that we live in the space between medication and surgery. Most patients are used to being pushed one direction or the other, but there is a middle ground, and that is where we operate. We bring chiropractors, nurse practitioners, and MDs together so the patient is not just getting one trade’s opinion. They are getting a care plan built from different provider types, in the right order and sequence, based on what is actually right for them.

What sets us apart is that you do not have to bounce around to different clinics, different hospital groups, or different provider types trying to piece it all together yourself. We try to give people a route that does not rely on heavy opiates and does not jump straight to orthopedic intervention. In Ohio, that has really been a non-opioid approach to pain management.

What I’m most proud of brand-wise is that we help people see there are other solutions. A lot of patients are already used to living with less life, less activity, and less function, and they stop paying attention to what their condition is taking from them. We help them understand what is possible, get informed, and find the right next thing for their situation. That is really what I would want readers to know about us.

Risk taking is a topic that people have widely differing views on – we’d love to hear your thoughts.
My view on risk is usually tied to whether there’s actually a better next step or whether people are just defaulting into something because they don’t know their options. At Elite Pain Doctors, I see that all the time with patients. A lot of people think the only choices are medication or surgery, and my whole approach has been built around the fact that there is a middle ground. So even in healthcare, a lot of what people call risk is really just a lack of being informed. I tend to think you make better decisions when you understand the order and sequence of what should happen next instead of just jumping to the biggest or most aggressive thing.

On the business side, I’ve definitely taken risk by stepping into practices where the doctor was burnt out, the finances were a mess, and the operations were not working. That is not Elite Pain Doctors from a patient care standpoint. That is me on the business side, going into broken scenes and taking responsibility for fixing them.

I’ve done the same kind of thing with my financial management company, where I step in and take over the CFO and controllership role for doctors who do not want anything to do with managing the business. There is always risk in taking over something that is already in trouble, but I’m usually looking at it through the lens of whether the right systems, the right people, and the right financial structure can turn it around. So I don’t think about risk as just being bold for the sake of being bold. I think about it more like, are you informed, do you understand the scene, and do you know what the right next move is?

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.elitedoctor.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benkasle/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ben.kasle.5/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-kasle-09786550/