Gardner-based Heywood Healthcare on Wednesday announced that Andrew J. Patterson has been named executive director of the system’s physician group, Heywood Medical Group.
Patterson will oversee “the performance and expansion of Heywood Medical Group, bringing solid business insight to the table, with the ability to ascertain and analyze needs, forecast goals and plans, streamline operations, and envision new program concepts,” Heywood said in a statement.
Patterson was previously senior vice president of provider relations and contracting at LRGHealthcare, a New Hampshire-based healthcare system. He is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire’s Whittemore School of Business and Economics.