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senior vice president and chietfmedical officer, replacing Dr. Alan Sokolow, who acceptee a position with in Southerh California latelast year, according to Blue Officials at the San Francisco-based health plan said Mathews will oversewe all of its health-care services, includint prevention and wellness programs, disease and case management, maternitg management, pharmacy benefits management, medical policies, centerss of excellence, clinical transparency strategies and utilization management.
Mathews has more than two decadews of experience in health plan Most recently, he was chief medical officefr for DaVita VillageHealth, wherew he oversaw the company’s disease and care managementt programs for patients with end-stage renalk disease and chronic kidney disease. Priort to that, Mathews was CMO for disease managemenyt specialist Blue Shield is one ofthe state’s largestg health plans, with 3.4 milliohn enrollees in various health insurance including 1.2 million HMO enrollees and 1.56 million PPO memberw statewide.