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News Briefs: Centene CEO Neidorff to Retire | Dec. 17, 2021

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    Dec 17, 2021

    Centene Corp. Chairman and CEO Michael Neidorff plans to retire in 2022 from his role as chief executive, although he will serve as executive chairman of the insurer’s board of directors until the end of next year. Centene’s board “will be responsible for appointing a new CEO following a thorough selection process, including evaluating internal and external candidates with the support of an external search firm,” the company said on Dec. 14. In September, Centene promoted Sarah London to the role of vice chairman for its board of directors, and some industry analysts speculated that could put her in a position to succeed Neidorff, who has been Centene’s CEO since 1996. Read more
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    Leslie has been working in journalism since 2009 and reporting on the health care industry since 2014. She has covered the many ups and downs of the Affordable Care Act exchanges, the failed health insurer mega-mergers, and hundreds of other storylines spanning subjects such as Medicaid managed care, Medicare Advantage, employer-sponsored insurance, and prescription drug coverage. As the managing editor of Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits, she writes and edits for both publications while overseeing a small team of reporters who also focus on the managed care sector. Before joining AIS Health, she was a senior editor for the e-newsletter Fierce Health Payer, and she started her career as a copy editor at multiple local newspapers. She graduated with a dual degree in journalism and political science from Penn State University.

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