Permanente names Claire Tamo CFO

Claire Tamo, recently named CFO of Permanente Federation

The Permanente Federation recently named Claire Tamo chief financial officer of the California-based nonprofit integrated health plan. In this role, Tamo will oversee the financial operations of the Federation and its subsidiaries, which employs more than 17,000 physicians serving approximately 9.5 million members in eight states and the District of Columbia.

Prior to joining the Federation, Tamo served as senior vice president of finance and support services for Menlo Park, California-based University HealthCare Alliance, the medical foundation created for Stanford Hospital and Clinics in 2010. Previous to the Alliance, Tamo spent 15 years at Sutter Health in finance leadership roles for medical foundations, home health/hospice, corporate information technology and hospital affiliates. Earlier in her career, Tamo served as lead business consultant at Kaiser Permanente for the implementation of the national eligibility verification system.

Tamo holds a bachelor of science degree in accounting from California State University in Fresno.