CalOptima Board Approves Bonuses and Raises for Its Executives
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Pay increases for the CEO and general counsel are granted even though the board apparently wasn’t instructed on conflict-of-interest laws.
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Pay increases for the CEO and general counsel are granted even though the board apparently wasn’t instructed on conflict-of-interest laws.
Ceremony included former CalOptima executives who initiated the program but left amid Supervisor Janet Nguyen’s reorganization of the agency.
The health plan took delivery of a $90,391 cashier’s check, but the sender refused to reveal who donated the money.
Two former CalOptima board members blast Supervisor Janet Nguyen about grand jury allegations of lobbyist ties to health care ordinance changes. Nguyen meets with reporters Wednesday at 10 a.m.
Board unanimously approves appointing Michael Schrader of Boston HealthNet on same day it received demand from former chairman Ed Kacic.
Health program’s chief medical officer leaves to take a similar post in Los Angeles County.
The county’s health plan for the poor also wants two nonprofits to pay for staff time and office space provided by Cal Optima.
Board asserts the claim results from “unauthorized use of resources” by former chairmen, but it offers no details.
Supervisor says the former CEO and COO purposely wooed away other top employees to hurt CalOptima. COO denies doing anything of the sort.
Mary Anne Foo’s resignation Monday was the third by a board member since Supervisor Janet Nguyen began last year to remake the board.