August 18, 2020 – Mike Cotton was named president and CEO of SelectHealth, the wholly owned subsidiary health plan of Intermountain Healthcare, and will serve as a member of Intermountain Healthcare’s executive leadership team.
Cotton succeeds current SelectHealth president and CEO Patricia Richards who is retiring August 31. Bert Zimmerli, Intermountain’s EVP and CFO, will serve as interim president and CEO until Cotton joins SelectHealth in mid-November.
Cotton comes to SelectHealth from Providence Health Plan, where he has served as CEO since 2015. Providence Health Plan is part of the Providence St. Joseph Health System (Portland, OR), a national, nonprofit Catholic health system.