Bergen's new president is ex-Pracon head Roden: capitation pioneer returns after 20 years.
Executive Summary
BERGEN BRINGS BACK RODEN: "RESPECTED RELATIONSHIPS with leaders of the manufacturing and professional communities" form one of the prime attractions behind the choice of Donald Roden as president and CEO of the $8.5 bil. wholesaler/medical product supplier. During an early phase of his 25-year career in the pharmaceutical industry, Roden was part of a business development group at Bergen that experimented with running state Medicaid programs on an at-risk basis. Roden, 49, was with Bergen from 1974 to 1977 and served as a group VP for the subsidiary that ran the state contracts, Health Application Systems.