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Rick Covert's Bio:

Rick Covert is the Co-Founder of Adeptus Health. Adeptus Health's First Choice Emergency Room offers a dramatically improved patient experience relative to traditional hospital emergency departments by significantly reducing wait times and providing rapid access to Board-Certified physicians on-site. Important to the community is the convenient access to critical, high-acuity care as compared with urgent care centers as well as sites are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Based on patient feedback collected by Press Ganey Associates, Inc., an independent healthcare advisory services and consulting organization that specializes in the improvement of the patient experience, First Choice Emergency Room received the prestigious Guardian of Excellence Award in 2013 for exceeding the 95th percentile in patient satisfaction nationwide. First Choice Emergency Room (FCER.com) is the nation's leading network of independent freestanding emergency rooms; it is both the largest and the oldest. First Choice Emergency Room is revolutionizing the delivery of emergency medical services for adult and pediatric emergencies by offering patients convenient, neighborhood access to emergency medical care. First Choice Emergency Room facilities are innovative, freestanding, and fully equipped emergency rooms with a complete radiology suite of diagnostic technology (CT scanner, Ultrasound, and Digital X-ray) and on-site laboratory. All First Choice Emergency Room locations are staffed with board-certified physicians and emergency trained registered nurses. First Choice Emergency Room has Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Colorado Springs and Denver. According to patient feedback collected by Press Ganey Associates Inc., First Choice Emergency Room provides the highest quality emergency medical care and received the 2013 Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence for exceeding the 95th percentile in patient satisfaction nationwide. First Choice Emergency Room is an Adeptus Health company.

Rick Covert's Experience:

  • Founder & Chairman of the Board at First Choice Emergency Room

    March 2012 - December 2013

  • CEO, Owner & Co-Founder at First Choice Emergency Room

    October 2003 - March 2012

    Led FCER to 7 straight years on the "Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies in North Texas" list and 2 years on the Inc. 500/5000 list. Grew company to over 9 figures in revenue and 450+ employees. First Choice Emergency Room (FCER.com) is the nation's leading network of independent freestanding emergency rooms; it is both the largest and the oldest. First Choice Emergency Room is revolutionizing the delivery of emergency medical services for adult and pediatric emergencies by offering patients convenient, neighborhood access to emergency medical care. First Choice Emergency Room facilities are innovative, freestanding, and fully equipped emergency rooms with a complete radiology suite of diagnostic technology (CT scanner, Ultrasound, and Digital X-ray) and on-site laboratory. All First Choice Emergency Room locations are staffed with board-certified physicians and emergency trained registered nurses. First Choice Emergency Room has Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Colorado Springs and Denver. According to patient feedback collected by Press Ganey Associates Inc., First Choice Emergency Room provides the highest quality emergency medical care and received the 2013 Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence for exceeding the 95th percentile in patient satisfaction nationwide. First Choice Emergency Room is an Adeptus Health company.

  • COO, CFO, and Co-Founder at First Choice Emergency Room

    October 2003 - April 2006

  • Vice President at American Financial Services Association

    August 2000 - October 2003

    Management and oversight of state political agenda for financial services industry companies in all 50 states. Interacted on legislative, regulatory and public affairs issues on behalf of industry.

  • Vice President at Associates

    July 1999 - August 2000

  • Manager, Government Relations at Wells Fargo

    May 1991 - August 2000

  • Founder & Chairman of the Board at Adeptus Health

    December 2013

    First Choice Emergency Room is an Adeptus Health company.

  • Board Member at Equity Estates Fund II

    2012

Rick Covert's Education:

  • Stetson University

    1990 – 1992
    MBA studies

  • Stetson University

    1985 – 1990
    BS
    Concentration: Finance

Rick Covert's Interests & Activities:

Family, travel, reading, writing, social media, industry revolutionizers,

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