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March 2000 New Medical Center CEO Announced
UC Board of Regents Chairman John G. Davies and UC President Richard C. Atkinson, acting under interim authority, have approved the appointment. "I am thrilled by this appointment. Mark Laret will bring to UCSF the capabilities, experience, and values required for the renewal and advancement of our Medical Center," said Bishop. The UCSF Medical Center returns to campus administration after the March 31 dissolution of the UCSF Stanford Health Care merger. UCSF’s hospital and clinics have been without a permanent administrative leader since UCSF Stanford’s chief officers resigned last year. As he assumes his position at UCSF at the conclusion of the merger and in the midst of a financial recovery plan, Laret will be assisted by his familiarity with the University of California system and his proven ability to restore the financial stability and staff confidence of a major academic medical center, Bishop said. "Mark Laret is an ideal CEO for the UCSF Medical Center because of his track record, his knowledge of the University of California, and of the academic culture. He has excellent credibility with the UC Board of Regents and has established an effective working relationship with relevant components of the state legislature and committees. I look forward to working closely with Mark," said Haile T. Debas, MD, UCSF vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the UCSF School of Medicine. In August 1999, the merged medical center contracted with the Hunter Group, Florida-based consultants who specialize in hospital cost containment, to provide interim management services. The Hunter Group since has been hired by UCSF to provide management services and carry out a financial recovery plan until the campus hires its own management team. Laret’s first duties at UCSF will include finding individuals to fill key administrative roles, including chief operating officer, chief financial officer and chief information officer. After joining UCI Medical Center in August 1995, Laret cut costs to make UCI one of the most efficient academic medical centers in the country, while at the same time instituting aggressive marketing, quality improvement and customer service initiatives. UCI Medical Center has improved financially in recent years with a $13.2 million gain in fiscal year 1999, up from an $8 million loss in fiscal year 1996. Employee and patient satisfaction also increased as measured by two independent surveys. Today, UCI Medical Center operates at near capacity in one of the nation's most complex managed care markets. In 1998 the medical center earned a score of 98 out of 100 on its triennial accreditation survey, among the highest of academic medical centers nationally. While UCI Medical Center provides the largest amount of low-income and uncompensated care in Orange County, with its nearly 3 million people, UCI has been profitable for four consecutive years.
Laret credits UCI Medical Center's progress to focusing the organization on a clear mission and vision, recruiting management talent to achieve aggressive but tangible goals and developing a trusting and open relationship with employees and physicians. "UCSF is one of the premier academic medical centers in the world, and I'm very honored to join this outstanding organization. There are clearly challenges at UCSF today, both as a result of the health care market and the dissolution of the merger with Stanford, but I am absolutely confident we can and will overcome them," said Laret. In 1997, Laret was appointed by the Board of Supervisors to serve on the board of directors of CalOPTIMA, Orange County's managed care organization for its 200,000 beneficiaries. He was also named Orange County "Manager of the Year" for 1999 by the Society for Advancement of Management. Laret serves on the executive committee of the board of the University Healthsystem Consortium, the organization of 70 of America's elite university medical centers. Laret previously served as deputy director of UCLA Medical Center and chief executive officer of the 900-physician UCLA Medical Group. At UCLA, Laret helped build its regional referral network and was responsible for UCLA's acquisition of Santa Monica Hospital in 1995. He received his BA as a Regents Scholar from UCLA and his MA as a Haynes Foundation Fellow from USC, both degrees in political science. Laret will receive an annual salary of $420,000 at UCSF. Links: Los Angeles Times story,
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Source: Bill Gordon, News Services
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UCSF
Chancellor J. Michael Bishop yesterday announced the selection of Mark
R. Laret as the new chief executive officer of the UCSF clinical enterprise.
Currently director and CEO of the UC Irvine Medical Center, Laret starts
at UCSF on April 15.