Marisa Rogers, MD, has left her role as chief medical officer for Oak Street Health, CVS Health’s primary care company for older adults. “We built our clinical teams, invested in our leaders, advanced our care model, improved quality, and navigated…
Executive Moves
EmblemHealth’s CEO, Mike Palmateer, has retired, according to a Sept. 17 news release. Mr. Palmateer served as CEO over the past two years and has spent two decades with the insurer. The organization’s board of directors will begin an executive…
Point32Health, which includes Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, appointed Todd Walthall to its board of directors. According to a September news release, Mr. Walthall previously served as Optum Health’s chief growth officer, led payer markets at Optum…
Healthcare navigation company Quantum Health named Susan Mani, MD, chief medical officer. Dr. Mani joins the company from Humana where she served as AVP of clinical strategy and operations. She previously served as AVP of population health strategy for the…
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association has tapped Daniel Serrano to serve as CFO. The president and CEO of the BCBS Association, Kim Keck, announced the update Sept. 14 on LinkedIn. “With critical capabilities for this moment, including a practitioner’s…
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Healthcare analytics company Cotiviti has named Erin Schmuker COO. Ms. Schmuker joins Cotiviti from Optum, where she most recently served as president of integrated pharmacies at OptumRx, according to a Sept. 14 news release. She previously served as managing director…
Molina Healthcare of Ohio’s COO, Holly Saelens, has left her role. According to a September LinkedIn post, Ms. Saelens said she has joined AARP Ohio as a state government affairs manager. “This move reflects my passion for strengthening the health…
Taft Parsons III, MD, is leaving his role as CVS Health’s chief psychiatric officer. “Executives decide to try something different, and organizational structures and jobs change,” he said Sept. 11 on LinkedIn. “I’ve benefited from those changes more often than…
Ujjwal Ratan has joined UnitedHealth Group’s consulting and analytics division, Optum Insight, as chief AI officer. In a Sept. 10 LinkedIn post, Mr. Ratan said his role is to enable Optum Insight to operate as a connected agentic network in…
The former president of CVS Pharmacy, Helena Buonanno Foulkes, defeated incumbent Daniel McKee in Rhode Island’s Democratic primary for governor Sept. 9. According to voting data from the Associated Press, 62.4% of counted votes went to Ms. Buonanno Foulkes, whereas…