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    Column: Kaiser Permanente CEO Bernard Tyson's death comes at a time of transition

    by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times Nov 11, 2019 4 minutes

    Bernard J. Tyson, chairman and CEO of the giant nonprofit Kaiser Permanente health system, died suddenly Sunday morning, Kaiser announced.

    "Bernard was an exceptional colleague, a passionate leader, and an honorable man. We will greatly miss him," said Edward Pei, chairman of the executive committee of the Kaiser board. The board named Executive Vice President Gregory A. Adams as interim chairman and chief executive.

    Tyson's death comes at an especially sensitive moment for the health system.

    Kaiser reached a contract settlement with 85,000 workers, averting a threatened strike, just weeks ago. And it was facing a five-day walkout by some 4,000 mental health clinicians starting Monday. The walkout by members of

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