From several new Blue Cross Blue Shield CEOs to a shakeup at Optum, these are 18 payer CEO moves reported by Becker's since Jan. 1:
Executive Moves
Blue Cross of Idaho has named Melissa Kizilos, MD, as chief medical officer and Leslie Carter as chief operations officer.
MetroPlusHealth has named Mary DiGangi as chief people officer.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's president and CEO, Daniel Loepp is retiring at the end of 2024 after more than two decades with the company.
Elevance Health subsidiary Amerigroup New Jersey has named Patrick Fox, MD, president.
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AHIP has named its general counsel, Julie Simon Miller, to serve as interim CEO, effective Oct. 2.
Alignment Healthcare has named Hyong (Ken) Kim, MD, as its chief medical officer, effective Sept. 25.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina has named Angela Boykin as CEO of Healthy Blue, the company's Medicaid plan, effective Sept. 1.
Oscar Health has named two former Aetna leaders to its executive team.
Premera Blue Cross has named Umar Farooq as chief strategy officer.