Specialists and Specialty Care

Group Health offers access to a large network of specialists, including Group Health Physicians who practice at our Group Health Medical Centers and our network of contracted providers.

You can see most specialists at Group Health Medical Centers without a referral from your personal physician (see box at right). In most cases, you need a referral to see contracted specialists who do not practice at Group Health Medical Centers.

Use the Provider Directory to find specialists included in your health plan.

Specialists at Group Health Medical Centers

The Group Health Physicians medical group, available only at Group Health Medical Centers, includes hundreds of specialists in more than 90 specialties and subspecialties who can give you the best possible care if you have a serious disease, condition, or injury.

Our specialists are among the tops in their fields, and dozens are regularly named the region's best doctors in regional magazine surveys. More than 90 percent are board-certified, with years of advanced education and clinical training.

Because of our coordinated care system, our specialists work closely with everyone on your Group Health Medical Centers care team — your personal physician, nurses, lab techs, pharmacists, and others. They all have access to your electronic medical records at the click of a mouse, so they're all on the same page — literally.

Learn more about the services and expertise of specific specialties available at Group Health Medical Centers:


Self-Referral Specialists at Group Health Medical Centers
  • Allergy
  • Audiology
  • Behavioral Health
  • Cardiology
  • Dermatology
  • Gastroenterology
  • Hematology
  • Hospice
  • Nephrology
  • Neurology
  • Occupational Medicine*
  • Oncology
  • Ophthalmology and Optometry
  • Orthopedics
  • Otolaryngology
  • Physical Therapy*
  • Speech, Language & Learning Services*
  • Surgery, General
  • Urology
  • Women's Health (including obstetrics/gynecology and midwifery)

*Medicare patients must be referred for this service.