Managed care startup Health Essentials named a trio of top executives last week.
The Santa Ana-based business provides what it calls “coordinated care” for elderly patients. It includes a medical group, hospices, a pharmacy and a durable medical equipment supplier.
Michael Radu, a 12-year veteran of Minnesota-based UnitedHealth Group Inc., is Health Essentials’ chief executive. He was most recently chief operating officer of collaborative care for UnitedHealth business unit Optum.
Health Essentials also named Dr. Tyler Jung its chief medical officer and Steve Larkin president of care delivery. Jung was previously with Denver-based DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., while Larkin was chief executive of Phoenix-based Hospice of Arizona.
The company’s chair is Alan Hoops, the longtime chief executive of PacifiCare Health Systems Inc., which UnitedHealth bought in 2005.
―Vita Reed
