Leadership

It's no secret that big insurers are facing challenges in the Medicare Advantage space, leaving enrollment growth flat or even on the decline for much of the industry in 2024.

Brian Pieninck has led CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield as president and CEO for nearly six years, and he was recently elected as chair of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association's board of directors.

Medicare Advantage is now the dominant form of Medicare in the U.S., with a projected 54% share by the end of 2024, or more than 33 million enrollees.

Six payers are among Fortune's annual list of the World's Most Admired Companies.

UnitedHealthcare's regional CEOs are responsible for employer and individual plan operations across large geographies and usually have extensive experience with the company. 

Some hospitals and health systems are paring the number of Medicare Advantage plans with which they contract, seeking payer partners that align on clinical and financial outcomes. 

The Cigna Group recently named Brain Evanko president and CEO of Cigna Healthcare. 

Payers are planning to grow their value-based models, improve health equity, implement new technology and more in the coming years. 

Dr. Eshelman is a board-certified physician in internal medicine and clinical informatics. Her work at Inovalon involves providing actionable, relevant health data analytics to health plans and providers to improve their ability to care for patients with speed and accuracy,…

During an interactive session at Becker's Payer Issues Roundtable, two leaders from Medecision — Sam Abraham, senior vice president of corporate development and channel partnerships, and Terri Steinberg, MD, chief strategy officer and chief medical officer — led a discussion…