Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> September 13, 2002

Charles Berg – Oxford Health Plans Inc (ohp)

CHARLES G. BERG is the President and Chief Executive Officer at Oxford Health Plans, Inc., and is a member of Oxford's Board of Directors. He succeeded Norman C. Payson, M.D., who retired as Chairman and CEO on November 22, 2002. Mr. Berg joined the company in April 1998 as Executive Vice President of Medical Delivery, and was given responsibility for claims and information systems in 2000. He was promoted to President and COO in March 2001, given additional responsibility for customer service, sales and pricing. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Berg was founder and CEO of Health Partners, Inc., a physicians network management company that operated in multiple markets, including the New York metropolitan market, and merged in late 1997 with a publicly traded physician practice management company. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, and his Law degree from Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Profile
TWST: Can we start out with a quick update on Oxford Health? What's gone

on over the past year or so that investors should focus on?

Mr. Berg: Over the past year, we have increasingly focused