SelectHealth, the not-for-profit insurer owned by Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare, tapped Mike Cotton to be its next president and CEO, starting in mid-November.
Cotton is currently CEO of Providence Health Plan, the insurance arm of Portland, Ore.-based Providence St. Joseph Health System. He replaces Patricia Richards, who is retiring from SelectHealth at the end of this month.
Intermountain's executive vice president and chief financial officer, Bert Zimmerli, will serve as interim president and CEO until Cotton takes over later this year, the company said in an announcement Friday.
Cotton has led Providence Health Plan since 2015 and previously was a vice president and chief operating officer for national health insurer Humana's Medicaid business.
SelectHealth serves more than 900,000 members.
