Here are four takeaways:
1. Most recently, Mr. Murphy worked at Aetna, where he oversaw a multistate, $4 billion region.
2. He previously served as CEO of Coventry Health Care Plans, which Aetna bought in 2013.
3. He replaces interim CEO James Hooley, who will return to his role as Affinity’s board chairman.
4. Affinity Heath Plan includes a physician network of 40,000 providers in the Greater New York region.
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