DENVER, March 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Paladina
Health, an innovative primary care approach to delivering quality
care while reducing health care costs, announced today that Dr.
Jennifer Bajaj, M.D., MPH, has
joined the company as its chief medical officer (CMO). Dr. Bajaj
brings over 15 years of progressive clinical management and
physician leadership experience to Paladina Health.
As CMO, Dr. Bajaj oversees the network of provider organizations
and the regional medical directors, and shapes the overall medical
and clinical direction of Paladina Health. She also will play an
integral role within the executive leadership team and work in
partnership with Paladina Health's clinical operations, field
operations, population health management and business development
teams.
"Our CMO is critical to the success of this physician-access
model of primary care," said Josh
Golomb, president of Paladina Health. "We are pleased to
have Dr. Bajaj on the team bringing with her leadership, clinical
and operational excellence, and – perhaps most importantly – a
passion to innovate in primary care."
Prior to joining Paladina, Dr. Bajaj served as Kaiser Permanente
of Colorado's director of
Population Health and Complex Case Management, which included the
oversight of disease management, care coordination, and hospital to
home transitions. Over her more than 12 years at Kaiser, Dr. Bajaj
served in several key medical leadership and clinical directorship
positions by leading multi-specialty care teams
across population health, informatics solutions, clinical
performance excellence and care management practice areas.
"I am thrilled to join a thought leader dedicated to finding
innovative ways to help reduce the cost and improve the quality of
health care in our country," said Dr. Bajaj. "I completely
support Paladina Health's commitment to integrated primary care and
the belief that primary care physicians should be the quarterbacks
of a comprehensive care team."
The CMO drives the vision behind Paladina Health's patient-first
approach to primary care, including unhurried appointments, 24/7
physician access for urgent needs, referral management and care
coordination, and no or low co-pays. Paladina Health partners with
organizations nationwide when seeking to improve the health and
well-being of the covered population and gain control over health
care costs in the short and long term.
Paladina Health opened its first direct primary care clinic in
February 2012 and now operates over
50 clinics in 15 states. Dr. Bajaj will provide clinical and
strategic leadership to this large and growing group of primary
care physicians as they strive to deliver disruptively better
health outcomes and service at lower health care costs to employer
clients across the country.
Dr. Bajaj completed her undergraduate studies at the
University of Colorado, Boulder, and
medical school at the University of
Colorado School of Medicine. Additionally, she earned an MPH
at the University of California,
Berkeley.
About Paladina Health
Paladina Health, a subsidiary of $12
billion health care services company DaVita HealthCare
Partners Inc., is a physician-access model of health care that
improves patient care and satisfaction by providing convenient and
unhurried patient-centered care and a broad scope of services.
Employers who offer Paladina Health to their employees aim to
provide the highest-quality benefits while keeping a long-range
view of improving the health and wellness of their covered
population. For more information, visit
paladinahealth.com.
About DaVita HealthCare Partners
DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. (NYSE: DVA), a Fortune 500®
company, is the parent company of DaVita
Kidney Care and HealthCare Partners. DaVita Kidney Care is a leading provider of
kidney care in the United States,
delivering dialysis services to patients with chronic kidney
failure and end stage renal disease. As of Dec. 31, 2014, DaVita
Kidney Care operated or provided administrative services at
2,179 outpatient dialysis centers located in the United States serving approximately
173,000 patients. The company also operated 91 outpatient dialysis
centers located in 10 countries outside the United States. HealthCare Partners manages
and operates medical groups and affiliated physician networks in
Arizona, California, Nevada, New
Mexico, and Florida in its
pursuit to deliver excellent-quality health care in a dignified and
compassionate manner. As of Dec. 31,
2014, HealthCare Partners provided integrated care
management for approximately 837,000 patients. For more
information, please visit DaVitaHealthCarePartners.com.
Contact Information
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Vince Hancock
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