SCAN Group chose Aman Bhandari, PhD, to serve as its first chief AI officer, according to a March 27 news release. Dr. Bhandari will lead enterprise AI and advanced analytics at SCAN. The organization is focused on deploying AI to…
Executive Moves
Centene has named Kate Casso senior vice president of finance operations and innovation and Theodore Pienkos corporate controller and chief accounting officer. Ms. Casso has been with Centene for more than two decades and has served as the company’s corporate…
Christy Valentine Theard, MD, will serve as the plan president for Anthem BCBS Medicaid in New York, according to a March 24 news release shared with Becker’s. Dr. Valentine Theard served as CEO of Healthy Blue Louisiana, which manages Medicaid…
Priority Health named Brian Steele, DO, as senior vice president and chief medical officer, effective April 6, according to a March 23 news release from the insurer. Dr. Steele will run the insurer’s clinical and pharmacy efforts, including population health…
Cigna Healthcare — Cigna’s health benefits division — named Stanley Crittenden, MD, as chief medical officer, according to a March 23 news release. Dr. Crittenden will oversee the business’s clinical initiatives. He will collaborate with fellow leaders at The Cigna…
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Victor Fields will serve as president and CEO of Highmark Wholecare, the insurer’s Medicaid and Medicare dual-eligible business, according to a March 23 news release. Mr. Fields is taking over for Ellen Duffield, who is retiring June 1. She has…
Tich Changamire, MD, PhD, was named president of the Medicaid health plan run by Wellpoint Washington, D.C., a subsidiary of Elevance Health, according to a news release shared with Becker’s March 18. In his role, Dr. Changamire will focus on…
Oscar Health has promoted Louis DeStefano to chief growth officer and Kristen Prestano to SVP and chief marketing officer. Mr. DeStefano has been with the company since 2017 and previously served as SVP of growth. Ms. Prestano has been with…
Health Alliance Plan promoted Chris Moyer to senior vice president of markets, broadening his role as president of ASR Health Benefits, a subsidiary and third-party administrator for employer health plans. According to a March 4 news release from HAP, which…
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming President and CEO Diane Gore will retire after 40 years with the organization, the company said March 4. Ms. Gore is the fifth CEO in the company’s 80-year history, first joining BCBSWY in her…