Press Releases: National
May 17, 2007
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Announces Promotions of Kathy Lancaster, Arthur M. Southam, MD, and Bernard Tyson
OAKLAND, Calif. – Three senior executives at Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals have been promoted to executive vice president positions.
"I am very pleased to announce the promotions of three members of our senior leadership team," said KFHP/KFH CEO and Chairman George C. Halvorson. "These promotions are well deserved. They reflect greater levels of accountability, as well as added focus on operational improvements, increased efficiencies and heightened coordination of key activities at Kaiser Permanente."
The following promotions were announced by Halvorson:
Kathy Lancaster
Arthur M. Southam, MD
Bernard Tyson
Kathy Lancaster, who has been senior vice president of strategic planning and chief financial officer since 2005, has been promoted to executive vice president and chief financial officer of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals.
Arthur M. Southam, MD, who joined Kaiser Permanente in 2001 as senior vice president, Product and Market Management, has been named executive vice president, Health Plan Operations.
Bernard Tyson, who was appointed senior vice president for Health Plan and Hospital Operations in 2006, has been named executive vice president, Health Plan and Hospital Operations.
Following the announcement, Mitch Goodstein, senior vice president of pricing and provider contracting for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and president of Kaiser Permanente Insurance Co., will report to Lancaster, as well as to Southam.
Lancaster, an executive with 26 years experience in the health care industry, joined Kaiser Permanente in 1998, serving as its senior vice president of Strategic Planning and Analysis. Since her appointment to the CFO position in 2005, Lancaster has overseen the controller's office, treasury, procurement and supply, financial shared services functions, and strategic planning. She has also led finance teams of the revenue cycle function, Sarbanes-Oxley implementation, and KP HealthConnect™, Kaiser Permanente's integrated electronic medical records system.
Dr. Southam has a long record of achievement in the health care industry and has worked with leaders throughout the Kaiser Permanente program since joining the organization. During this time, he has held national responsibility for the health plan's administrative functions, including those for membership, claims and member services.
Tyson, who began his career at Kaiser Permanente in 1984, currently leads Kaiser Permanente's eight regional presidents, while overseeing the organization's national facility services, workplace safety, patient care services, and, national health plan and hospital operations divisions.
Now, as executive vice presidents, Lancaster, Southam and Tyson will have the added responsibilities of looking across the organization to identify opportunities for coordinated performance planning and new efficiencies.
About Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente is committed to helping shape the future of health care. We are recognized as one of America’s leading health care providers and not-for-profit health plans. Founded in 1945, our mission is to provide high-quality, affordable health care services and to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve. We currently serve 8.6 million members in nine states and the District of Columbia. Care for members and patients is focused on their total health and guided by their personal physicians, specialists and team of caregivers. Our expert and caring medical teams are empowered and supported by industry-leading technology advances and tools for health promotion, disease prevention, state-of-the art care delivery and world-class chronic disease management. Kaiser Permanente is dedicated to care innovations, clinical research, health education and the support of community health. For more information, go to: www.kp.org/newscenter.
