From Cigna's first chief health officer to restructuring at Humana, these are 41 payer executive moves reported since Aug. 1:
- Blue Shield of California named Sandra Clarke as COO and Mike Stuart as CFO, effective Oct. 10.
- Hometown Health said Aug. 31 that CEO David Hansen is retiring in October and will be replaced by Bethany Sexton, effective Sept. 12.
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts named Sarah Iselin CEO Aug. 30. Ms. Iselin will begin with the company Dec. 5 before assuming her new role Jan. 1.
- Cigna named David Brailer, MD, PhD, as executive vice president and its first chief health officer Aug. 30.
- Providence Health Plan named Michael Mathias as its CIO Aug. 30.
- Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield named Gary Boyd as vice president of information systems, Arkansas Business reported Aug. 30.
- Solis Health Plans, a Medicare Advantage carrier, named Efrain Duarte as CEO, Michael Lynch as COO and former CEO Daniel Hernandez was named executive chair of the board Aug. 30.
- Ontrak, a behavioral health platform, appointed former Premera Blue Cross COO James Messina as a non-executive director to its board Aug. 30.
- SelectQuote, an insurance broker, named former Bright HealthCare CEO Simeon Schindelman as senior executive healthcare adviser Aug. 25.
- Regence BlueShield named Nicole Saint Clair as its executive medical director Aug. 25.
- The National Committee for Quality Assurance appointed Bryan Buckley, DrPH, as director of health quality initiatives Aug. 23.
- GeoBlue appointed Simon Jackson to serve as chief growth officer Aug. 23.
- UCare named Tenbit Emiru, MD, PhD, as executive vice president and chief medical officer Aug. 22.
- Health Alliance Medical Plans named its COO, Sinead Rice Madigan, as president and CEO Aug. 17.
- Regence BlueShield of Idaho named Adrean Cavener as director of public affairs and government relations Aug. 17.
- Sentara Health Plans named Colin Drozdowski president Aug 17. Former President and CEO Dennis Matheis will become president and CEO of Sentara Healthcare.
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts named Karl Laskowski, MD, vice president and medical director of clinical programs and strategy Aug. 16.
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield named Lester Davis as vice president and chief of staff Aug. 16, a role that will serve "as an extension of the Office of the CEO."
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina named Kelly Calabria as senior vice president, chief marketing and corporate social responsibility officer, effective Aug. 15.
- Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island named Talia Brookshire as its first chief diversity officer Aug. 11.
- Agilon Health appointed former Centene executive Jeff Schwaneke to its board of directors Aug. 10.
- BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee named Tal Cohen as its first director of provider data Aug. 8.
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota appointed Jasmine Jirele and Jim Pekarek to its board of trustees Aug. 8.
- The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association named John Banta as vice president, national employee benefits administration and Blue Venture Fund Aug. 8.
- Magellan Health appointed former Centene vice president Tom Britt to serve as its new CIO Aug. 8.
- Clover Health said Aug. 8 that President Andrew Toy will take over as CEO Jan. 1 as founder Vivek Garipalli moves from the position. Mr. Garipalli will remain with the company as executive chair.
- Humana chief medical officer, William Shrank, left the company on Aug. 5 after three and a half years.
- Humana promoted George Renaudin to president of Medicare, effective Aug. 5.
- Fallon Health named Sean Murphy as its first chief network strategist Aug. 5.
- BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee appointed Johnny Moore, a regional president at Truist Financial Corporation, to its board of directors Aug. 4.
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island named two physicians to serve as senior medical directors Aug. 4: LouAnne Giangreco, MD, and Gonzalo Paz-Soldán, MD.
- Centivo, a self-funded health plan provider, named Tara Johnson as its first general counsel Aug. 3.
- OpenMedicare, a Medicare Advantage platform, named Anthony Kavouras as CEO Aug. 2.
- Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield promoted Elaina Nix to director of operations at Medicare Advantage, Arkansas Business reported Aug. 2.
- Ochsner Health Plan named Senior Vice President and Executive Adviser Jeffrey Fernandez as CEO, effective Aug. 1.
- Centene board chair James Dallas said Aug 1. he will step down from his role before the company's 2023 stockholder meeting. Mr. Dallas intends to stay on as a company director and run for the position again next year.
- Agilon Health appointed Denise Zamore as the company's first chief legal officer and secretary to its board of directors, effective Aug. 1.
- Humana senior vice president, chief accounting officer and controller, Michael Koeberlein, retired Aug. 1. He will be succeeded by John-Paul Felter.
- Medical Mutual of Ohio named Steven Glass president and CEO, effective Aug. 1.
- Commonwealth Care Alliance appointed Elizabeth Goodman, DrPH, as chief legal and public affairs officer, effective Aug. 1.
- Clover Health named Scott Leffler CFO, effective in August.