Robert M. Crane

Senior Vice President, Research and Policy Development

Robert M. Crane is Senior Vice President, Research & Policy Development for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals. Mr. Crane serves on the Boards of several national health policy organizations, including AcademyHealth and the Employee Benefit Research Institute.

Mr. Crane has previously held positions as Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer; Senior Vice President, Interregional Services and General Manager, Kaiser Permanente Consulting and Business Services; Senior Vice President, Quality Management; Senior Vice President, National Accounts and Public Relations; and Vice President, Government Relations for Kaiser Permanente. From January 1997 to June 1998, he served as interim group Senior Vice President overseeing the Central East, Southeast, and Rocky Mountain Divisions.

Prior to joining Kaiser Permanente in 1983, Mr. Crane worked for nearly four years with the New York State Department of Health where he served as Deputy Commissioner for Program and Policy Development and Director of its Office of Health Systems Management. This was preceded by eight years of executive and legislative branch experience at the federal level. Mr. Crane served on the staff of the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. Prior to this position, he held several management positions with the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.