April 15, 2024 – VillageMD announced that Jim Murray has joined the organization as its president & chief operating officer. In this role, Murray will lead operations across the entire VillageMD enterprise, including for its three key business units, Village Medical, Summit Health and CityMD. VillageMD is one of the largest providers of value-based care in the United States and additionally serves millions of patients with primary, urgent and multi-specialty care services.
Murray is an established healthcare executive with more than four decades of experience, most recently as COO and chief transformation officer of Centene, a Fortune 25 company that serves more than 27.5 million managed care lives. Prior, Murray was the president and COO of behavioral health leader Magellan Health, which Centene acquired in 2022.
Murray’s healthcare experience extends into managed care and the delivery side of health care. Prior to Centene and Magellan, Murray held executive roles at Humana for 28 years, most recently as executive vice president and COO. During his tenure at Humana, Murray was responsible for Medicare, Medicaid, commercial and Tricare, and launching Humana’s care delivery businesses. During Murray’s tenure, he helped build Humana to become a national organization that serves more than 17 million Americans.