Leadership

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. 

Artificial intelligence, progress in health equity and innovations in value-based care will drive change in the payer space in the next decade, industry leaders told Becker's. 

In less than two years, Aetna's Medicaid program in Florida has outpaced the national average for NICU births through a partnership with ProgenyHealth, a case management platform serving mothers and their newborn children.

UnitedHealthcare is awarding $11.1 million in grants to 66 nonprofit organizations across 12 states in an effort to better identify and address social determinants of health among uninsured individuals and underserved communities.