Health Plan Weekly

CEO: CareOregon, SCAN Merger Will Counter ‘Examples of Excess’ in Managed Care

  • Jun 23
    Popup Image

    Jun 23, 2023

    Late last year, nonprofit, government-focused carriers SCAN Health Plan and CareOregon announced plans to merge and form the HealthRight Group. CareOregon manages nearly 550,000 Medicaid enrollees in Oregon, while SCAN covers over 280,000 lives in four states, according to the AIS Directory of Health Plans. 

    Eric Hunter is CareOregon’s CEO, while Sachin Jain, M.D. is SCAN’s CEO. If regulators approve the merger, Jain will hold the top spot of the combined organization. Hunter will continue to lead CareOregon, the larger of the two plans — and a Medicaid division that they say will pursue managed care contracts nationally. 

    AIS Health, a division of MMIT, caught up with the CEOs on June 15 at the 2023 AHIP Conference in Portland, Oregon, and learned more about the ambitious plans that brought the organizations together. 

    Read more
      • Health Plan Weekly
    © 2024 MMIT

    • Peter Johnson

    Peter has worked as a journalist since 2011 and has covered health care since 2020. At AIS Health, Peter covers trends in finance, business and policy that affect the health insurance and pharma sectors. For Health Plan Weekly, he covers all aspects of the U.S. health insurance sector, including employer-sponsored insurance, Medicaid managed care, Medicare Advantage and the Affordable Care Act individual marketplaces. In Radar on Drug Benefits, Peter covers the operations of (and conflicts between) pharmacy benefit managers and pharmaceutical manufacturers, with a particular focus on pricing dynamics and market access. Before joining AIS Health, Peter covered transportation, public safety and local government for various outlets in Seattle, his hometown and current place of residence. He graduated with a B.A. from Colby College.

    Back to Health Plan Weekly

Related Posts

The Latest
Premium Categories
Meet Our Reporters

Lauren Flynn Kelly

Executive Editor, AIS Health, and Managing Editor, Radar on Medicare Advantage

View Lauren Flynn Kelly's Profile

Angela Maas

Managing Editor, Radar on Specialty Pharmacy and Spotlight on Market Access

View Angela Maas's Profile

Leslie Small

Managing Editor, Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits

View Leslie Small's Profile

Tim Casey

Reporter, Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits

View Tim Casey’s Profile

Carina Belles

Reporter, Radar on Medicare Advantage and Spotlight on Market Access

View Carina Belles's Profile

Jinghong Chen

Reporter, Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits

View Jinghong Chen's Profile

Jill Drachenberg

Reporter, Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits

View Jill Drachenberg's Profile

Meet Our Reporters

Lauren Flynn Kelly

Executive Editor, AIS Health, and Managing Editor, Radar on Medicare Advantage

View Lauren Flynn Kelly's Profile

Angela Maas

Managing Editor, Radar on Specialty Pharmacy and Spotlight on Market Access

View Angela Maas's Profile

Leslie Small

Managing Editor, Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits

View Leslie Small's Profile

Tim Casey

Reporter, Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits

View Tim Casey’s Profile

Carina Belles

Reporter, Radar on Medicare Advantage and Spotlight on Market Access

View Carina Belles's Profile

Jinghong Chen

Reporter, Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits

View Jinghong Chen's Profile

Jill Drachenberg

Reporter, Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits

View Jill Drachenberg's Profile

Tags
Mergers & Acquisitions
Managed Medicaid
Medicare Advantage
Payer/Provider Relations
×

PREMIUM CONTENT AND PREMIUM INSIGHTS

To gain access to this article you need to have a Premium Subscription.
Click the link below to access today!