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senior vice president and chief medical officer, replacing Dr. Alan Sokolow, who accepted a position with in Southern Californias latelast year, according to Blue Shield. Officials at the San Francisco-basec health plan said Mathews will oversee all ofits health-care including prevention and wellness programs, diseaser and case management, maternityu management, pharmacy benefits management, medical policies, centers of excellence, clinical quality, transparency strategiexs and utilization management. Mathews has more than two decades of experience in healthplan management.
Most he was chief medical officer forDaVitq VillageHealth, where he oversaw the company’s disease and care management programs for patients with end-stage renal disease and chronic kidney disease. Priofr to that, Mathews was CMO for diseasde management specialist Blue Shield is one ofthe state’a largest health plans, with 3.4 million enrolleesd in various health insurance including 1.2 million HMO enrollees and 1.56 milliob PPO members statewide.