Executive Moves

Gainesville-based Northeast Georgia Health System went out of network with UnitedHealthcare's employer-sponsored and individual plans after the two sides were unable to reach a new contract, UnitedHealthcare said in a May 1 news release. 

Bryan Baier has been named president of Healthy Blue Kansas — a collaboration between Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas and Blue Shield of Kansas City.

Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah has named Anthony Dowidowicz, MD, as executive medical director. 

Bright Health Group has promoted Jay Matushak to CFO, effective May 12. 

Blue Shield of California has named Krishna Ramachandran as senior vice president of health transformation and provider adoption. 

Cigna has appointed New York City-based Montefiore Medicine's president and CEO to its board of directors.

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has promoted Casey Dungan to president and CEO of the company's BlueCare Division, which serves more than 700,000 Medicaid beneficiaries.

Optum Health has promoted Peter Kelly to CEO of the company's newly formed Mid-Atlantic region.

Centene has named Anika Gardenhire, BSN, RN, chief customer experience officer.

L.A. Care Health Plan, the largest publicly operated health plan in the U.S., has promoted Afzal Shah to CFO.