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From the March 5, 2004 print edition
East Bay Business Times
Ingrid Lamirault
Ingrid Lamirault joined the Alameda Alliance for Health as CEO because she sees the HMO as being part of the future of health care.
"More and more, the trend is that there are more states and local governments looking at covering the Medi-Cal population through managed care," she said.
"What intrigued me about the position was that I was still able to work with a population I care about, those on Medi-Cal and uninsured people who don’t readily have access to care."
She replaces Irene Ibarra, who is now executive vice president at the California Endowment in Los Angeles.
To go to the East Bay nonprofit, she had to give up a 15-year career with the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, most recently as its director of the office of ambulatory care.
"It was difficult to leave," Lamirault, 42, said. "I worked with some great people and there was ease working through the system."
The challenges she faces in her position at the 90,000-member-strong Alameda HMO is to make sure it is financially stable and that its programs are efficient for its members and health care providers while also considering the organization’s role in the community as a "safety net" for those without access to health care.
On weekends, she makes time for her husband, Bob Frangenberg, and 7-year-old son. They will join her in the Bay Area at the end of the school year.