Leadership

Paul Markovich has spent more than two decades at Blue Shield of California, the past 10 as its president and CEO. 

Blue Shield of California CEO Paul Markovich won't be surprised if other payers ditch traditional pharmacy benefit managers for a new model. 

Nearly three weeks after the deadliest U.S. wildfires in more than a century, health insurers are suspending prior authorization requirements and coordinating access to care for residents across Hawaii.

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.

In the next 10 years, people will receive healthcare at home, online, when and how they need it, payer executives told Becker's. 

Payer executives are expecting value-based care to take off in the next decade. 

A physician, health equity executive and Baltimore native is now overseeing healthcare coverage for more than 330,000 of the most vulnerable individuals in Maryland.

Payer CEOs come from a range of backgrounds — here are 10 companies led by physicians: 

Select Health, the nonprofit insurance arm of Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health, has a new leader at the helm of its largest market, but he is no stranger to the company or local healthcare community.

Mark Kaye will serve as Elevance Health's next CFO, replacing the retiring John Gallina.