Executive Moves

Quartz has named Jeff Butcher as senior vice president and CFO.

New Mexico Medicaid Director Nicole Comeaux is leaving her role, the Albuquerque Journal reported Jan. 24. 

PacificSource Health Plans named John Espinola, MD, its president and CEO, effective April 3. 

HealthPartners has named Alita Risinger as senior vice president and CFO for care delivery.

Online insurance marketplace eHealth has named Ketan Babaria as senior vice president and chief digital officer.

Solis Health Plans, a Medicare Advantage company in Florida, has named Maria Cabeza as director of sales and marketing.

Cigna's health services arm Evernorth has named Adam Kautzner, PharmD, president of Express Scripts, its pharmacy benefit manager. 

SCAN Group has promoted Karen Schulte to president of Medicare.

Cigna's top lawyer, Julia Brncic, is departing to become general counsel at EverQuote, an online insurance marketplace. 

From several CEO moves to big announcements at UnitedHealth Group, these are 16 payer exec moves reported by Becker's since Jan. 1: