Quality Systems Appoints Kaplan As Its COO

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Medical records and billing software maker Quality Systems Inc. said Monday that it named Philip N. Kaplan to the newly created position of chief operating officer.

Kaplan, 42, resigned as a board member in order to take on the COO post. As COO he will be responsible for the company's NextGen Healthcare Information Systems subsidiary and QSI Dental unit.

Kaplan previously served as CEO of technology company Deer Valley Ventures LLC.

Kaplan will be replaced on the nine-member board by Craig A. Barbarosh, 42. Barbarosh has been a partner at the law firm of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP since 1999.

Shares of Quality Systems gained $1.86, or 3.1 percent, to $61.40 in morning trading. The stock has traded in a 52-week range of $25.70 to $62.