Jan. 26. Dr. Mandy Cohen, former Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, will be the new CEO of Aledade Care Solutions (ACS), the health services unit of the primary care enablement company.

Cohen, who assumes her new roles in March, is an internal medicine physician and nationally recognized public health expert.

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She led the NC Dept of Health and Human Services, where her approach to transitioning the state’s Medicaid program to managed care received national recognition for its innovation and focus on whole-person care.

As CEO of ACS, Cohen will lead the implementation of targeted wraparound care solutions to support more than 1,000 primary care practices in Aledade’s nationwide network of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs).