Health Insurer Group Names an Interim CEO

America’s Health Insurance Plans will head into a tense budget negotiation period in Washington with a temporary leader who has experience on Capitol Hill.

AHIP has picked Julie Simon Miller, its general counsel, to be its interim CEO, starting Oct. 2.

Matt Eyles, the current CEO, announced in May that he would be leaving the post at the end of September. Eyles has been the CEO since 2018.

What It Means

AHIP represents many large major medical insurance providers and companies, including Aflac and Genworth, that sell other policies that are regulated as health insurance products.

As the interim CEO of AHIP, Miller will shape health insurers’ efforts to defend the current federal funding levels and tax rules for Medicare, Medicaid, commercial major medical insurance and supplemental health benefits.

Miller’s Background

Miller began working for AHIP in 2005 and became its general counsel in 2015.