Joseph Smecker

About Joseph Smecker

I’m a healthcare executive passionate about building healthier communities through…

Experience

1. Chief Operating Officer

   Western Washington Medical Group

   Jul 2022 — Present

   Western Washington Medical Group is a collection of primary and multi-specialty care practices in the greater Snohomish-County region with more than 100 providers (and growing!) Our mission is to provide all our clinicians the freedom to practice medicine with compassion and in the best interest of our patients and community. We are committed to providing state-of-the-art, evidence-based healthcare that is both cost-effective and personalized for our patients. Our vision is to provide the best experience for patients and providers while serving market needs. The doctors who founded Western Washington Medical Group in Everett in the early 1990s had a shared goal: to give their patients the best possible care. They also had a shared vision: that local, independent doctors are best qualified to give their communities the best possible care. Since those days, much has changed in our group. It has grown to more than 20 care centers in Snohomish, Skagit and Island counties, with more than 100 providers in over 20 specialties. However, our founding goal and our founding mission still guides us today. Through three decades of serving the North Puget Sound region, we have proudly remained provider-owned and provider-run. What does that mean? It means two important things: First: All business decisions for our group are made by our local providers, including doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Second: All decisions about patient care are based on what our providers feel is best for our patients. Because we are independent, our care decisions are not limited by corporate managers or corporate systems. And that means that our providers and our patients are free to make the best informed choices together. The result is personalized state-of-the-art care, and that remains our shared goal, as we continue to follow our founding vision into our fourth decade of serving our North Puget Sound communities.

Skills

• Healthcare Information Technology
• Medical Terminology
• Home Care
• Healthcare Management
• Clinical Research
• Ehr
• Training
• Medical Coding
• Healthcare
• Health Insurance
• Healthcare Consulting
• Revenue Cycle
• Quality Improvement
• Customer Service
• Emr
• Management
• Health Policy
• Medicare
• Nonprofits
• Epic Systems
• Hospitals