February 1999

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HBOC and McKesson tie the knot, officially

The supplier of one of the hottest HP 3000 applications, Amisys, officially moved in with McKesson Corp. when HBO & Company approved the merger of the two firms. At separate meetings respective stockholders each voted to approve the merger of a wholly owned subsidiary of McKesson with and into HBO & Co. The companies began operations as McKesson HBOC Inc. in mid-January, growing to the size of a Fortune 100 corporation and the world’s largest healthcare services company. McKessonHBOC named Brett Himes to the new position of vice president, finance, of its Health Systems Business. Himes will provide “strategic financial management and oversight for the Health Systems Business and its units.”


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