UPMC Health Plan has named Chester (Chet) Ho, MD, as chief medical officer.

Alignment Healthcare has promoted Dawn Maroney to president. 

Blue Shield of California has launched a new corporate structure and named a new CEO. 

Regence BlueShield named Michael Cole as president of its Washington market. 

Priority Health has appointed Carrie Kincaid to lead its government markets. 

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois has named Brian Snell as its new president. 

Humana has named Japan Mehta as chief information officer. 

It's been an unprecendented year for health plan CEOs, with new leadership at Humana, Aetna, Cigna Healthcare, Optum and multiple BCBS plans.

L.A. Care Health Plan has named Martha Santana-Chin as its next CEO.

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health has named Aparna Abburi as senior vice president of population health and health plan services and CEO of Sutter Health Plan. 

The CEOs of at least three payers plan to retire at the end of 2024. 

Medical Mutual has named an interim CEO, with current CEO Steven Glass set to exit. 

Centene subsidiary Sunshine Health Plan has named Charlene Zein plan president and CEO. 

Centene president Ken Fasola plans to retire in July 2025. 

Humana has named Michelle O'Hara as chief human resources officer. 

Health Alliance Plan has named Margaret Anderson as interim president. 

Elevance Health has named Nathan Rich as vice president of investor relations. 

Tim McKnight has been named UnitedHealth Group's chief information security officer, according to a post on his LinkedIn page. 

Gordon Smith has been elected to Humana's board of directors. 

Define Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on early-state health tech companies, has named former Humana president and CEO Bruce Broussard as venture partner.