Minneapolis-based Bright Health adds top executives
Startup insurer
Mikan, who was an interim chief executive at Best Buy and held leadership roles at
"Every industry is becoming more consumer-centric and nowhere is that more significant than in health care, where people's lives are literally at stake," Mikan said in a statement to the
Mikan was named interim chief executive in 2012 at
Mikan's grandfather, George, was a Minneapolis Laker who is known as one of the pioneers of pro basketball, leading the Lakers to several championships before the franchise moved to
The company works closely with regional health care systems in what are sometimes called "narrow network" arrangements, where patients are limited to a subset of doctors and hospitals for in-network care. The idea is that health systems in such an arrangement are more accountable for the cost and quality of care.
As of March,
After raising last year an additional
In addition to Mikan,
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