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Published on: 8/21/2001
Last Visited: 6/6/2002
Seattle - Group Health Cooperative has named Peter G. Adler vice president for the Puget Sound Regional Division.Adler, along with his medical director partner, Gary Feldbau, MD, will be responsible for Group Health's 23 family health centers, four specialty centers, two hospitals, and a skilled nursing facility, all located within the five Puget Sound-area counties.
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Adler comes to Group Health with more than 23 years of experience in health care administration.He previously served as Harvard Pilgrim Health Care's senior vice president of network management in Boston.In that position, Adler was responsible for provider relationships and performance across four states, encompassing 22,000 providers and 400 hospitals.
"Peter has intense customer focus, a track record for working collaboratively with medical staff and others, and an ability to bring diverse groups together," said John Long, executive vice president and chief operations officer.
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"Group Health has a national reputation for giving its patients excellent care," Adler said."I am pleased to be part of that effort."
About Group Health
Opened in 1947, Group Health Cooperative is the nation's largest consumer-governed health care system, serving nearly 600,000 people in Washington and Idaho.Group Health has been honored for quality of care by Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report and The Wall Street Journal, and has received the National Committee for Quality Assurance's "excellent" accreditation for its health plan products.