{"id":437212,"date":"2026-08-19T10:44:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T10:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/437212\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T10:44:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T10:44:41","slug":"kaiser-permanente-fresno-names-new-senior-vice-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/437212\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaiser Permanente Fresno names new senior vice president"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kaiser<\/p>\n

Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center in Fresno photographed on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022.<\/p>\n

CRAIG KOHLRUSS<\/p>\n

ckohlruss@fresnobee.com<\/p>\n

Tracy Bertagnole has been named the Senior Vice President and Area Manager of the Kaiser Permanente Fresno Service Area, overseeing hospital operations and the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan across Fresno, Clovis, Selma, and Oakhurst, an area serving over 166,000 people.<\/p>\n

Bertagnole joined Kaiser Permanente Fresno in 2024 as chief operating officer and was appointed as senior vice president and area manager role after acting in the role on an interim basis since February.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am deeply committed to Kaiser Permanente\u2019s mission of delivering high-quality, affordable health care as we help people lead long and healthy lives,\u201d Bertagnole said in a news release.<\/p>\n

A Central Valley native with over 15 years of experience, Bertagnole has served in various leadership roles with non-profit and for-profit health care organizations.<\/p>\n

As chief operating officer of Kaiser Permanente Fresno, Bertagnole helped \u201cstrengthen hospital operations, support clinical teams, and advance initiatives that improved efficiency, quality, and patient care experience,\u201d according to the release.<\/p>\n

The role was previously filled by Tyler Hedden, who is now the senior vice president and area manager for Kaiser Permanente\u2019s Diablo service area.<\/p>\n

\u201cTracy is a committed and experienced health care leader who has a passion and drive for improving health outcomes for our patients and members,\u201d Kathy Bressler senior vice president of Hospital and Health Plan Operations for Kaiser Permanente\u2019s Northern California region said in the release.<\/p>\n

\u201cWorking alongside our care teams, Tracy\u2019s leadership will help the Fresno area to continue to grow as we expand access to care in the communities we serve.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Tracy Tracy Bertagnole steps into the role as Senior Vice President and Area Manager after previously serving as chief operating officer of Kaiser Permanente Fresno since 2024. Kaiser Permanente <\/p>\n


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Grace Gillio<\/a><\/p>\n

The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n

Grace Gillio is an intern for The Fresno Bee. She graduated from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, with a degree in journalism and English.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center in Fresno photographed on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022. CRAIG KOHLRUSS ckohlruss@fresnobee.com Tracy Bertagnole…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-437212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}