Centene appoints Michael Carson as CEO of Medicare business

Centene announced two appointments. Michael Carson joins Centene as President and CEO of its Medicare business, Wellcare. Carson will be responsible for Medicare business performance, strategy and growth and will report to Centene President Ken Fasola. Carson succeeds Richard Fisher, who has been appointed to the Operations leadership team under Centene COO Susan Smith. Fisher will have responsibility for key financial and operational processes across Shared Services, as well as lead enterprise development, management and optimization of Centene’s key vendor partnerships.Carson, as CEO of value-based primary and multi-specialty care start-up CareAbout, led a fully delegated, risk-bearing Medicare and dual-eligible-focused care delivery organization. Carson also served as the CEO of Bright Health Plan and as the President and CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. He serves as Non-Executive Board Chair of HYKE, and as an Advisory Board Member of both Foodsmart and OneHealth.