Top 25 Minority Executives in Healthcare – 2010

Michael Rashid is president and CEO of AmeriHealth Mercy, a Medicaid managed-care health plan in Philadelphia serving nearly 7 million people. Rashid, 62, joined AmeriHealth Mercy in 1996, and served as executive vice president until he took the helm of the health plan in January 2010. His 25-year career in health plan operations includes stints as president and CEO of Mercy Health Plan of New Jersey and director of operations at Prudential Health Care Plan in Baltimore.