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Children and Families Commission OKs Lending Ruane to CalOptima
The commission agrees to a “mutual aid” request for loan of its executive director to be CalOptima’s interim chief operating officer.
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Nguyen Blames Former CalOptima Executives for Agency’s Brain Drain
Supervisor says the former CEO and COO purposely wooed away other top employees to hurt CalOptima. COO denies doing anything of the sort.
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Ruane Tapped as Temporary Chief Operations Officer at CalOptima
The $1.4-billion health plan will contract with Children and Families Commission while it continues its search for a permanent CEO.
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Another CalOptima Resignation
Mary Anne Foo’s resignation Monday was the third by a board member since Supervisor Janet Nguyen began last year to remake the board.
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CalOptima Board Postpones Appointment of Interim CEO
The “hope,” according to the board chairman, is that a temporary replacement for the acting CEO will be in place by September.
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Former CalOptima Chairman Quits
In his resignation letter, Ed Kacic asserts that “various forces over the past year have caused severe disruption to the organization.”
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The Challenges of Treating Autism
Dr. Joseph Donnelly, who heads the county’s leading autism center, discusses the disorder’s many conundrums.
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Interim CalOptima CEO Leaves for Ventura County Health Plan
Michael P. Engelhard is the 13th top or midlevel executive to leave CalOptima in recent months.
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Irvine Health Foundation Demands That Attacks From CalOptima Stop
The nonprofit wants the County Board of Supervisors and CalOptima directors to halt what its attorney labels “scurrilous” allegations.
