Press Releases: National
Jan 21 2008
Dave Perbix Named Vice President, Occupational Health Sales and Marketing for Kaiser Permanente
Oakland, Calif. – Kaiser Permanente has announced the appointment of Dave Perbix as vice president, Occupational Health Sales and Marketing. He joined Kaiser Permanente in November 2007.
In his role, Perbix is responsible for overseeing KP’s Occupational Health Sales and Marketing department, and ensuring it is closely aligned with group health sales and marketing. He is part of the California sales leadership team.
Perbix reports to Wade Overgaard, senior vice president, Sales and Account Management for Kaiser Permanente’s Northern and Southern California regions.
“Dave Perbix is well qualified to lead sales and marketing for Kaiser On-the-Job, our Occupational Health offering that provides injury and wellness services including medical physicals, surveillance and evaluations through a statewide network of 50 dedicated occupational health centers,” Overgaard said.
Perbix also carries out strategies to expand Kaiser’s leadership and presence in the occupational health market.
Perbix has almost 30 years of experience in workers’ compensation. Prior to joining Kaiser Permanente, Perbix spent almost 10 years at Blue Cross of California/Wellpoint in Anaheim, CA where he was a regional vice president, Workers’ Compensation Sales and Marketing. He served previously as director, Workers’ Compensation Northern California for Unicare Insurance Co. in Walnut Creek, CA.
Perbix’s office is located at Kaiser Permanente’s Walnut Center in Pasadena, CA.
Perbix holds a Bachelor of Science degree in kinesiology from University of California, Los Angeles.
About Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente is America’s leading integrated health plan. Founded in 1945, it is a not-for-profit; group practice prepayment program headquartered in Oakland, Calif. Kaiser Permanente serves the health care needs of 8.7 million members in nine states and the District of Columbia. Today it encompasses the not-for-profit Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and their subsidiaries, and the for-profit Permanente Medical Groups. Nationwide, Kaiser Permanente includes approximately 159,000 technical, administrative and clerical employees and caregivers, and more than 13, 000 physicians representing all specialties. For more Kaiser Permanente news, visit the KP News Center at: http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter.
About Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente is America's leading integrated health care delivery system. Founded in 1945, it is a group practice prepayment program headquartered in Oakland, California. Kaiser Permanente serves the health care needs of more than 8.6 million members in nine states and the District of Columbia. It encompasses the not-for-profit Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and their subsidiaries, and the for-profit Permanente Medical Groups. Nationwide, Kaiser Permanente includes approximately 165,000 technical, administrative and clerical employees and caregivers, and more than 14,000 physicians representing all specialties. The system's Labor Management Partnership is the largest health care labor-management partnership in the United States. It governs how workers, managers, physicians and dentists work together to make Kaiser Permanente the best place to receive care, and the best place to work. For more Kaiser Permanente news, visit the KP News Center at: www.kp.org/newscenter.