Name: Krista Nelson

Previous title: Chief operating officer, Optum Health

New title: Chief executive officer, Optum Health

Optum Health, the care delivery arm of UnitedHealth, has tapped Krista Nelson as its new CEO effective immediately. Nelson announced the C-suite reshuffling via LinkedIn last week.

The executive has worked for UnitedHealthcare, UnitedHealth’s payer arm, off and on since 2009, according to her LinkedIn. Nelson was last responsible for overseeing the growth of government programs before switching over to UnitedHealth’s health services division Optum in May, when she was tapped as COO of Optum Health.

Now, Nelson replaces Dr. Patrick Conway as the chief executive of Optum Health. Conway has been CEO of Optum since May and CEO of Optum Health since

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