The Phia Group, LLC is pleased to announce the hiring of Joseph "Joe" Montalto, who has joined The Phia Group as its Chief Operating Officer at its Massachusetts headquarters.
In this role, Joe will provide guidance and leverage his experience to improve operational and technical capabilities, helping The Phia Group efficiently contain health care costs and ensure continued success for its clients through implementation of the Baldrige Model for performance excellence, coupled with modern enabling technologies.
"Phia's leadership, committed work force, industry reputation, and innovative culture present the perfect foundation to bolster with today's technologies and dynamic processes," Joe remarked.
As COO, Joe's responsibilities include leading all aspects of operations and partnering with The Phia Group's strong legal industry experts, led by Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Ron E. Peck.
A diverse background will make for an easy transition, and will enable him to quickly contribute to success for the company and its valued clientele. Joe brings with him 25 years of experience leading organizations through the complexities of change, implementing innovative enterprise technologies, leveraging lean six sigma techniques and building high performing teams. In his early years at Memorial Sloan Kettering and Physician Health systems, Joe worked on the foundation of the electronic medical record and modernization of physician billing systems. At Oracle Corporation he built a reputation for success implementing enterprise wide systems and technologies that fueled strong growth. Leading technological and process changes in a wide range of industries, Joe's ability to navigate the challenges and developments present in today's evolving healthcare environment is second to none.
"The Phia Group's core is our strong people and processes, which we will improve through delivery capability, operational excellence and some of today's more sophisticated technologies." he said.
"We have been extremely fortunate at The Phia Group to experience amazing growth year after year. With the addition of Joe, we can now reexamine our internal processes, make them more efficient and scalable, and ensure that we will continue to offer the best cost containment services and consulting expertise in the self funded industry," remarked The Phia Group's CEO, Adam Russo. "Our bright future just got even brighter."
