Kaiser Permanente Announces Larry Y. Wilson as new Senior Vice President for Strategic Planning and Consulting.

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PASADENA, Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--Jan. 17, 2002

Kaiser Permanente announced today that Larry Y. Wilson, a seasoned health care leader, has joined Kaiser Foundation Hospital and Health Plan (KFH/HP) as Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning and Consulting for the California Division, effective immediately. He will be responsible for leading the organization's innovation and strategy development, internal operations consulting, business and capital planning, management information and analysis, and knowledge management.

"I'm excited about joining California's leading health care organization. No one has more opportunity to shape the future of health care in California than does Kaiser Permanente. To lead KFH/HP's strategic planning and consulting team is a great privilege," said Wilson.

The announcement was made jointly by Irwin Goldstein, MD, associate medical director, physician manager of Operations, Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG) and Dick Pettingill, president, California Division. "Larry Wilson's expertise will strengthen Kaiser Permanente's ability to deal effectively with the increasingly complex competitive forces in the California market," said Pettingill.

Prior to joining Kaiser Permanente, Wilson was employed by Catholic Healthcare West (CHW) for 18 years, most recently as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. During the 13 years he served in this capacity, Wilson led the organization through a series of over 20 mergers as it grew from 10 to 47 hospitals. In the year 2000, he served as the Chair of the California Healthcare Association and has had broad experience in dealing with health care public policy issues.

For nearly a decade, Mr. Wilson served on the Board of Directors for PriMed Medical Management Services, the Management Company of Hill Physicians Medical Group. He is also a Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee for Cholestech Corp. (NASDAQ:CTEC), a medical device company headquartered in Hayward, California.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Wilson spent seven years in management consulting, including four as a Principal with Booz Allen & Hamilton. He received his BA degree cum laude from Harvard and his MBA from Stanford.

Kaiser Permanente, California, is a prepaid, group practice health maintenance organization (HMO) serving more than 6.1 million members throughout the state. More than 7,500 Permanente medical group physicians in both The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG) in Northern California and the Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG), as well as 55,300 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals employees, provide care to Health Plan members. There are 27 major medical centers organized into 12 service areas throughout California.

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