Chris Willrich has been appointed CEO of Bay Health, a recently formed joint venture between UCSF Medical Center and Walnut Creek, Calif.-based John Muir Health.
Willrich, 54, will begin his new job on Oct. 1. The development company is a part of an affiliation between the two organizations announced last year.
Bay Health is focused on supporting the Bay Area-wide healthcare network, a separate joint venture between UCSF and John Muir Health. Willrich will lead the company's development of new tools to coordinate care through delivery integration and patient communication portals, the development of outpatient facilities and joint service line development between UCSF and John Muir Health.
Willrich most recently served as regional VP for strategy and system development for Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health's West Bay Region in San Francisco. Before that, he was VP for strategy and business development for California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, and principal of Santa Barbara, Calif.-based MedBridge Development, which owns and operates outpatient surgery centers, medical office buildings and ancillary service clinics in joint venture partnerships with physicians.
