New director for Department of Health Care Services
San Francisco Business Times - by Kathy Robertson
David Maxwell-Jolly will become Department of Health Care Services director on Jan. 1, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Friday.
He replaces Sandra Shewry, who plans to establish a nonprofit organization to accelerate the role of telemedicine in improving access and quality of care. Her last day at DHCS is Dec. 19.
The governor also announced the appointment of Toby Douglas as chief deputy director of health care programs at DHCS, effective Jan. 1. He replaces Stan Rosenstein, who will also leave the department Dec. 19. He is becoming a consultant and will affiliate with a research and consulting firm called Health Management Associates Inc.
Maxwell-Jolly, 59, will oversee the health-care safety net for the poor and people with disabilities, including the Medi-Cal program. The department has an annual budget of $39.4 million and 3,500 employees.
Maxwell-Jolly has been director for the California Department of Child Support Services since 2007. He was chief deputy director from 2005 to 2007. He implemented statewide policies on child support services, including a new, automated state system. From 2004 to 2005, he was the automated child support system project leader at the state Franchise Tax Board.
He was previously a deputy secretary for the state Health and Human Services Agency, was principal consultant on health and human services for the California State Senate, a supervising analyst for the California Legislative Analyst’s Office and a project analyst with Kaiser Permanente.
Douglas, 36, will take over Rosenstein’s job as state Medi-Cal director. He has been assistant deputy director and deputy director for health care programs at Health and Human Services since 2005. He’s also been a senior manager at the San Mateo County Health Department and a senior analyst for Kaiser Permanente, where he worked on pharmacy operations.
“Their leadership was forward-looking,” Sacramento health care consultant Albert Lowey-Ball said of Shewry and Rosenstein. “They did the best they could in tight budget circumstances.”
Kathy Robertson is a reporter for the Sacramento Business Journal, an affiliated publication.
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