Misled.
You might want to read my last post, just in case you missed it. I’m not saying it has anything to do with this one. I’m just saying…
Is there anything odd about this press release from last week? I didn’t think anything of it at the time, but I had a reason to take a look at it again this evening, and I noticed this…
…George Halvorson, an internationally known health care leader and author…
Did nobody tell them that he was is the chief executive officer of the largest not-for-profit health plan in America? Maybe they just didn’t want to mention it, eh?
But, it gets better…
…George Halvorson, who has led two of the most successful nonprofit health plans in the country (Health Partners in Minnesota and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan in California)…
Not once in the press release does it refer to George Halvorson as the current chief executive officer of Kaiser Permanente. Odd choice, no?
Maybe whoever wrote that press release just has issues keeping things in the proper tense? Or, maybe George Halvorson decided to stop exploiting promoting his position at Kaiser Permanente? Or, maybe, just maybe…
Finally? I’m just saying…
This story was originally posted at justendeal.com.
Hi Justen,
Where did you get the original idea that Halvorson might be stepping down? I’m really curious to find out. I’ve been reading his weekly “updates” and rolling my eyes.
I was at an employee meeting in Ordway the other day and they were giving away these Halvorson books for free…heard they sent them to all the docs, and health care influentials, big dog types etc…sorta makes me wonder if anyone is actually buying these books..or if good old not-for-profit KP just bought them all up to give out as freebies to make Halvorson look good. Would be interesting to find out just how much money this not for profit health plan spends promoting its CEO. Healthcare reform now!