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Leadership

Lee Huskins

Chief Executive Officer

Lee Huskins was appointed CEO, PPMSI, effective September 26, 2022. Lee is a proven senior executive with more than 25 years of leadership experience in ambulatory care strategy, development and expansion, value base care/risk, Physician practice management, joint ventures, managed care strategy and contracting as well as physician recruitment. Lee is skilled at establishing operational excellence within diverse environments, translating conceptual models into specific growth strategies, and planning/executing multi-faceted health care business development campaigns designed to improve market share, revenue and margin (EBIDA) while improving quality and patient experience. Lee is respected for achievements in working with physicians, performance management, communications, Health plan risk models, team development and building partnerships.

Mr. Huskins has a Bachelor of Arts in History and a MBA with a focus on Healthcare Administration and prior to his appointment at PPMSI, most recently served as Chief Administrative Officer and President of John Muir Physician Network for 15 years. In his spare time, he enjoys outdoor activities such as hiking, camping, and skiing.

Marsha Bluto MD

Vice President of Medical Management

Dr. Bluto is a physician executive with 40 years of experience in both clinical and corporate healthcare. She currently serves as Vice President of Medical Management for PPMSI, the business entity which supports the Santa Clara County IPA (SCCIPA). Dr. Bluto graduated from Penn State Medical School, trained in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Stanford, and after several years of private practice, transitioned to healthcare Operations, Leadership & Management. Dr. Bluto began her career as a pediatric Registered Nurse in the operating rooms in Australia and later obtained a Business Degree from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. Dr. Bluto has worked for companies such as Stryker, Synthes and Boston Scientific in an operations capacity prior to obtaining her medical degree. As the founding Director of the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Department for the San Mateo Medical Center, Dr. Bluto oversaw the growth of the department across 4 campuses servicing San Mateo County. Prior to her current role, Dr. Bluto was the Director of Medical Operations, Bay Area, for Concentra Urgent Care, the largest occupational medicine group in the country. In her spare time, she enjoys gardening and driving fast cars.

Tina Buop

Chief Information Officer

Tina Buop joined the organization in January 2019 as the CIO. She brings 20+ years of technical innovation, alignment and strategic leadership to SCCIPA. Prior to joining the team, Tina served in technology and business leadership executive positions within Fortune 100, Managed Care, IPA’s, FQHCs and most recently as the CEO of a medical startup. Tina is a graduate of Cal State University Hayward, has her PMI/PMP and serves on editorial and advisory boards for interoperability. Tina actively participates in HIMSS, CHIME, ACHE, PMI and Women Who Code.

J. Kersten Kraft MD

Chief Medical Officer

Dr. J. Kersten Kraft has served as President of the SCCIPA since 2008. He also serves as the Chief Medical Officer of PPMSI, the Management Services Organization (MSO) for SCCIPA. After spending 16 years at Stanford University (undergraduate, medical school, residency in Urology) he established his medical practice at Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, more than 30 years ago. He was a general partner and president of Mobile Kidney Stone Centers of California, a joint venture of physicians, physician groups and Good Samaritan Hospital, which grew to be the second largest lithotripsy operation in the country. He continues to practice Urology and is listed in Best Doctors annually. Kersten has served on the boards of American Physicians Group (APG), Health Access Solutions, and was a member of the NCQA committee for standards of specialty physician excellence.

Don Thompson

Chief Finance Officer

Don Thompson joined PPMSI in 2022 as the Chief Financial Officer. He brings over 25 years of Finance and Accounting experience in health care to PPMSI. Don graduated from California State University, Fullerton in Business Administration/Accounting with high honors. Don began his career as a staff auditor & controller leading a successful pathway to CFO. Don’s finance experience ranges across local and national health care systems, hospitals and he has over 20 years in the IPA Managed Care Finance and Operations. In Don’s spare time he enjoys spending time with his family and friends.

Rob Wilson

Vice President of Operations

Rob is a healthcare industry professional who believes cost-effective quality healthcare is achievable through continuous process improvement. With over 29 years in Operations and IT roles for Payers and Provider Organizations, Rob’s broad experience across domain positions him to lead PPMSI’s success at delivering affordable “best in class” MSO services while exceeding quality program goals for SCCIPA’s health plan partners.

Earning the right

As a first order management services organization, we help companies, foundations and individuals make a difference. Our work gets to the heart of the matter. We break silos because it takes more than any one check or policy or letter to tackle big issues like reducing cost of care while improving the care members receive. We prescribe a custom formula of advocacy, collaboration, investment, philanthropy, policy and new ways of doing business in order to help you make progress.

But how do we do it? We like to call it earning the right, walking the talk and playing the game …