SCAN Health Plan Promotes Sharon Bakshi

to Vice President of Pharmacy

(LONG BEACH, CA – February 18, 2008) — SCAN Health Plan, one of California’s fastest-growing Medicare Advantage Plans, has promoted Sharon Bakshi, PharmD, MBA, to vice president of pharmacy, effective immediately. Dr. Bakshi is a certified geriatric pharmacist, a certification that distinguishes her knowledge of and skills in providing comprehensive pharmacotherapeutic care to the elderly.

In her role at SCAN, Dr. Bakshi oversees the prescription drug benefit for SCAN members, pharmacy operations, and medication therapy management program.

“We are very fortunate to have someone with Sharon’s expertise and passion in the area of geriatrics on our leadership team,” said SCAN chief executive officer David Schmidt. “She has played and will continue to play a major role in SCAN’s ability to offer outstanding pharmacy benefits to our members.”

Bakshi earned her pharmacy doctorate from the University of Southern California and completed her geriatric residency at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda Division. Following her residency training, Dr. Bakshi joined SCAN in 2004 as a clinical pharmacist and was later promoted to director of pharmacy. She also holds a master's degree in business administration from the Paul Merage School of Business at University of California, Irvine.

For more than 30 years SCAN Health Plan has been focusing on the unique needs of people with Medicare. SCAN currently serves more than 100,000 members in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Ventura and Kern counties. In Arizona, SCAN offers a health plan for Medicare and Medicaid-eligible individuals and also provides long-term care services to individuals enrolled in the state's long-term care system in Maricopa County. Further information may be obtained at www.scanhealthplan.com.