Ken Bell Joins Community SeniorServ Board
Kenneth E. Bell, M.D. Joins Community SeniorServ Board of Directors Kenneth E. Bell, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of the Coalition of Orange County Health Centers, has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors of Community SeniorServ, a leading non-profit organization that provides programs and services for older adults in central and north Orange County.
Prior to joining the Coalition of Orange County Health centers, Dr. Bell served as Chief Medical Officer for CalOptima, a Medi-Cal Managed Care program which oversees 300,000 of the most vulnerable population in Orange County. Dr. Bell also had a distinguished career with Kaiser Permanente. He joined Kaiser Permanente in 1968 as an Obstetrician/Gynecologist, later becoming the Chief of that department and later serving as Medical Director in Orange County for 14 years. Dr. Bell is a graduate of the University of Buffalo, School of Medicine and completed his internship and residency at Kings County Hospital, in New York. He is also a graduate of the Advanced Management Program of the Harvard University’s, Graduate School of Business.
“I am delighted to join the board of directors at Community SeniorServ. I am especially excited about Community SeniorServ’s new care transitions program that will reduce hospital readmissions by providing services such as medication management, ensuring timely follow-up visits with physicians, home-delivered meals and nutrition management,” said Dr. Bell.
Board member Lynn Daucher, immediate past Director of the California Department of Aging, introduced Dr. Bell to Community SeniorServ. “I have known Dr. Bell for many years as a caring physician and visionary leader in health care in Southern California. His understanding of the issues facing older adults and persons with disabilities coupled with his relationships in the medical community will be a great asset to Community SeniorServ.”
“Dr. Bell is joining our board at an important time now that the first of Baby Boomers have reached age 65,” commented agency CEO Holly Hagler. “Over the next ten years, the boomers will form a ‘Silver Tsunami’ that will overwhelm traditional community resources, especially for lower income seniors. Dr. Bell will be a great resource as we continue to develop new, lower cost models to help older adults remain in the community as they age.”
Community SeniorServ is the largest Meals on Wheels and senior nutrition provider in
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