Executive Moves

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia President Jeff Ricketts is retiring in September after nearly 40 years with the company. 

Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield has named Laurin Dixon, PharmD, as lead executive of Medicare products, Arkansas Business reported June 13.

UnitedHealthcare has promoted Gloria Sargent to CEO of commercial operations in Missouri and Central and Southern Illinois, the Alton Telegraph reported June 9.

Highmark has named Joseph Haddock as president of its Eastern Pennsylvania market.

Mutual of Omaha has named Keith Clark chief marketing officer.

Providence Health Plan has named Cheryl Morrison-Bornstein as COO, effective immediately. 

Montana has hired a new Medicaid director who previously oversaw privatized Medicaid programs in Iowa and Kansas, according to Kaiser Health News.

Commonwealth Care Alliance appointed Elizabeth Goodman, DrPH, as chief legal and public affairs officer, effective Aug. 1.

Flume Health, a digital platform startup for health plan administration, named Richard Fu chief growth officer.

From Medical Mutual naming Cleveland Clinic's CFO as its new CEO to C-suite shakeups at several BCBS companies, these are 40 payer executive moves in the month of May: