In recent hours, rumors have been circulating on social media that Clalit Health Fund CEO Ruth Ralbag is leaving her position. The fund declined to comment. “We have no new information to provide. When it will be – we will update accordingly “, the fund said.
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“Globes” has learned that Ralbag’s chair is indeed rocking with in the background, among other things, an investigation into transactions made during her time and the question of whether they were tainted by conflicts of interest.
This is not Ralbag’s only problem as general manager: in recent months there has been a labor dispute in Clalit in which Ralbag has been directly fired. .
Ralbag’s tenure as CEO of Clalit Health Services began last September, following Davidson’s surprise retirement. She entered the position directly into the Omicron wave. She was hired to manage a worn and desperate medical and general staff. Disable the fund if he is no longer allowed to meet with the board to “tell them things they do not know” about the fund’s management. The chairman of the committee announced that he was severing contact with the management, and the committee meeting approved him to declare a labor dispute.
This incident joined similar problems that came from the direction of the Valley Hospital, which according to its employees was neglected by the fund. At the same time, there was a difficult exchange of letters between Ralbag and the chairman of the Executive Board’s committee. Since March, no more media events have been recorded between the committee and the management, but the end of the conflict has not been announced either.
Clalit is one of the largest health organizations in the world with 1,400 clinics, 14 hospitals and 90 emergency medical centers, and is responsible for 4.5 million insured persons. In an interview with “Globes” when she took office, Ralbag told about significant plans she wants to fulfill: strengthening the home hospitalization system, preventive medicine and the digital tools needed for it, beyond the fund’s self-insurance in the field of medical malpractice, establishing clinics that drain some of the services provided to hospitals. Mainly in the periphery) and construction of new hospitals, including Shulamit Cancer Hospital in the valley.