Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, spoke to Information Week about the appointment of Healthcare.gov's first-ever CEO, Kevin Counihan.
As reported by Information Week, Counihan will run Healthcare.gov operations, manage relationships with state exchanges, and run the regulatory Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight. Counihan previously served as CEO of Connecticut's health exchange, which is viewed as the most successful of the state healthcare exchanges created by the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010.
"Kevin is a great fit," said Ario. Noting Counihan's experience in Connecticut and as a health insurance executive before that, Ario said Counihan "knows how to market insurance over the web."
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