A majority of states contract with private insurers to provide health benefits through their Medicaid programs, and many payers are choosing physicians to oversee the job.
10 Medicaid managed care organizations with a physician president or CEO:
- Darrell Gray II, MD, Wellpoint Maryland
- Christy Valentine Theard, MD, Healthy Blue Louisiana
- Kimberly Roop, MD, Anthem BCBS Indiana
- Robert Rhodes, MD, Healthy Blue Nebraska
- Patrick Fox, MD, Amerigroup New Jersey
- Barsam Kasravi, MD, Elevance Health Medicaid West Region
- Jay Fathi, MD, Molina Healthcare of Washington
- Sonja Hughes, MD, Aetna Better Health of Oklahoma
- John Bennett, MD, Capital District Physicians Health Plan
- Michael Cropp, MD, Independent Health