Molina Healthcare CEO Joseph Zubretsky is now the longest-tenured chief executive among big payers after David Cordani retired as CEO of Cigna on July 1, ending a nearly 17-year run in the role. Here are the CEO tenures at seven…
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Health plans are rethinking the member experience from the member’s perspective. Becker’s asked leaders from health plans and partner organizations how they’re improving it, and most started in the same place: listening to members, finding where coverage and care get…
Calley Means, senior adviser to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., resigned from the Trump administration over frustration that the Make America Healthy Again agenda had stalled inside the White House, Politico reported Oct. 22. Two administration officials told Politico…
Most of a regional plan’s commercial book now sits in arrangements that pay a fee rather than a premium, and some employers are leaving group coverage altogether. For growth leaders at regional and mid-market plans, what happens between the account…
Karen Ignagni has returned to her CEO seat at EmblemHealth — and things are different this time around. Ms. Ignagni never left the organization: Following a stint as EmblemHealth’s executive board chair, she stepped back into the CEO role as…
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Growing up, I attended pain-management conferences with my father. It was, improbably, how our family vacationed. He was a physician and an early leader in pain medicine. His purpose was straightforward: teach other doctors better ways to treat cancer pain.…
The cost of healthcare remains one of the greatest challenges facing families, employers, and public programs. While discussions are focused on hospital prices, prescription drugs, and insurance premiums, one of the greatest opportunities to lower healthcare costs is expanding access…
When Providence announced it was shutting down its health plan earlier this year after a $102 million loss in 2025, it joined a growing list of health systems stepping back from the insurance business. Carle Health’s Health Alliance, Michigan Medicine’s…
Healthcare CFOs’ tenures last an average of 3.7 years, according to a September report from Crist|Kolder Associates. Here’s how CFO tenure stacks up at the country’s largest health insurers:
There has been one word health insurers have not been shying away from in 2026: discipline. Elevated utilization for specialty drugs, behavioral health and emergency services has been driving medical costs in recent years. As insurers face pressures across lines…