Medicare Advantage
Executive leadership for organizations navigating growth, performance, member needs, provider relationships, and changing federal requirements.
Health Plan Executive Search
Health Plan Executive Search
Founder-led executive search for health plans nationwide, recruiting leaders from the C-suite through VP level across the major lines of business and leadership functions.
Start a Confidential ConversationDeep health-plan experience
Fluency across the businesses health plans operate.
Health-plan leadership requires an understanding of regulated insurance businesses, government programs, provider relationships, clinical performance, technology, and the economics of managing care. MES brings longstanding healthcare context to every engagement, then conducts the exhaustive search and rigorous assessment each assignment requires.
Our experience spans national and regional health plans, including Fortune 500 organizations, Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans, provider-sponsored plans, and regional not-for-profits.
Clients work directly with Steve McGovern throughout the search, from defining the position and identifying the relevant market through candidate assessment, closing, and the executive’s start date.
Health-plan markets
Experience across the major lines of business.
Medicaid Managed Care
Leadership across state Medicaid managed care businesses serving complex populations and operating within demanding contractual environments.
Commercial & ACA Exchange
Executives responsible for market strategy, product, operations, growth, financial performance, and member experience.
Provider-Sponsored Health Plans
Leaders who can operate across the distinct demands of healthcare delivery, insurance, and aligned payer-provider strategy.
Leadership functions
Representative areas of search experience.
Not an exhaustive list.
Enterprise & P&L
CEO, President, Plan President, Market President, General Manager, and other P&L leadership.
Finance & Operations
CFO, COO, strategy leadership, enterprise operations, and shared-services leadership.
Clinical, Quality & Network
Chief Medical Officer, clinical leadership, quality, population health, and provider-network leadership.
Growth, Product & Technology
Growth, sales, marketing, product, information technology, data, and analytics leadership.
The MES record
Experience measured in outcomes.
A firm-wide record built across more than two decades in healthcare executive search.
96%Search completion rate since 2014
23+Years in healthcare executive search
200+Searches completed from the C-suite through VP level
84Average days from launch to accepted offer
90%+Business generated through prior client and candidate relationships
Founder-led by design
The person you retain leads the search.
Direct Senior Attention
Steve McGovern leads every engagement and remains directly accessible throughout the search and beyond.
Exhaustive Search
Existing market knowledge provides a head start, while the relevant market is pursued thoroughly for every assignment.
Rigorous Assessment
Every executive presented is evaluated against the organization, the role, and the specific leadership challenge.
Direct Accountability
Clients have one accountable relationship from the first conversation through the executive’s start date and beyond.
Facing a critical health-plan leadership need?
Start with a confidential conversation about the organization, the role, and what success requires.
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