LifeStance Health, a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based virtual and in-person mental healthcare provider, has named Ken Burdick as CEO and chair. In addition, Danish Qureshi has been named president and COO.
Executive Moves
Former CMS Administrator Seema Verma will join the healthcare advisory board of artificial intelligence-driven insurance technology developer Shift Technologies.
From multiple Blue Cross companies to Centene, some of the nation's largest health insurance companies have chosen 10 women to lead this year:
Centene subsidiary WellCare of Kentucky has named Chirag Patel, MD, its chief medical officer and Marc Nyarko its COO.
From Cigna's first chief health officer to restructuring at Humana, these are 41 payer executive moves reported since Aug. 1:
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Centene has named Ashlee Knuckey as chief ethics and compliance officer.
Hometown Health CEO David Hansen is retiring Oct. 7 and will be replaced by Bethany Sexton, effective Sept. 12.
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield has named Gary Boyd as vice president of information systems, Arkansas Business reported Aug. 30.
Blue Shield of California has named Sandra Clarke as COO and Mike Stuart as CFO, effective Oct. 10.
Blue Shield of California Executive Vice President and COO Sarah Iselin will become Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts' next president and CEO when the payer's current leader, Andrew Dreyfus, steps down at the end of the year.