Health care analyst Philip Kalin has been named the sole finalist to become chief executive officer of Pinnacol Assurance.
Kalin now serves as president and CEO of the Denver-based Center for Improving Value in Health Care, a nonprofit focused on health care cost containment.
Pinnacol, Colorado’s largest provider of worker’s compensation insurance, is required by law to identify any finalists for the CEO position two weeks before the job is offered officially. Pinnacol said there are no other finalists.
When the position is announced formally, Kalin will succeed after a failed effort to privatize the state-chartered company and after during a Pinnacol event at California’s lavish Pebble Beach golf resort.
“I am thrilled at the prospect of becoming the next chief executive officer of Pinnacol Assurance,” Kalin said in a statement. “It is a company that I admire and respect for its commitment to policyholders and injured workers and their families, and for its financial stability.”
Kalin previously served as president and CEO of Rose Medical Center.
The Denver Post earlier this year for his work in identifying differences in health care prices.
“While we would be sorry to lose Phil, Pinnacol is a wonderful Colorado company, and we are thrilled that he is a finalist for this role,” said Barbara Ryan, chairwoman of the Center for Improving Value in Health Care. “They would be most fortunate to have such a talented leader …”
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