Dr. Espinola mostly recently served in a dual role as executive vice president as well as chief strategy and product officer with Premera Blue Cross, and as CEO of Kinwell Physician Network, a subsidiary of Premera, according to a Jan. 24 news release from PacificSource.
He will replace Ken Provencher, who has served in the role for the past 21 years. The company announced in June that Mr. Provencher would be retiring March 31.
PacificSource serves more than 600,000 members in Idaho, Oregon, Montana and Washington, according to the release.
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