Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has promoted Bernard Tyson, executive vice president, to president and COO, according to a San Francisco Chronicle report.
Mr. Tyson’s new position is effective immediately. The position has been left vacant for eight years, but Kaiser has now decided to fill it due to the additional work needed to implement new healthcare legislation, according to the report.
Mr. Tyson, who has been with Kaiser for 26 years, will report to George Halvorson, chairman and CEO of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals, an entity of Kaiser Permanente.
Read the San Francisco Chronicle report on Kaiser Permanente’s new president and COO.
Read about other healthcare executive moves in California:
–California’s San Antonio Community Hospital Names Interim CEO
–California’s Stanford Hospital & Clinics Names Amir Dan Rubin CEO
–Longtime Exec Named CEO of Providence Health and Services’ California Region
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