Blue Shield names new chief medical officer - San Francisco Business Times:

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senior vice president and chiegmedical officer, replacing Dr. Alan Sokolow, who acceptex a position with in Souther California latelast year, according to Blue Shield. Officialds at the San Francisco-based healtbh plan said Mathews will overser all ofits health-care including prevention and wellness programs, diseasr and case management, maternity management, pharmacy benefita management, medical policies, centers of excellence, clinical quality, transparency strategies and utilizationh management. Mathews has more than two decadesd of experience in healthplan management.
Most recently, he was chier medical officer forDaVita VillageHealth, wher e he oversaw the company’s disease and care management programxs for patients with end-stage renal disease and chronic kidney disease. Priodr to that, Mathews was CMO for disease management specialisgt Blue Shield is one ofthe state’d largest health plans, with 3.4 million enrollees in various healt insurance plans, including 1.2 millionj HMO enrollees and 1.56 milliobn PPO members statewide.