AlohaCare names Laura Esslinger CEO

Honolulu-based nonprofit payer AlohaCare appointed Laura Esslinger CEO effective Dec. 1, according to Pacific Business News.

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Here are three things to know about Ms. Esslinger.

1. She will replace John McComas, who will retire after acting as AlohaCare’s CEO since 1996.

2. Ms. Esslinger is a seasoned health insurance executive, most recently working as principal of Armstead and Esslinger Health Consultants in Phoenix.  

3. She was a vice president in Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare’s corporate office and held leadership positions in the payer’s Albuquerque, N.M., Phoenix, Nashville, Tenn., and Orlando, Fla. offices.  

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