Fortune Media and Great Place To Work name GuideWell to 2026 Best Workplaces in Health Care List, ranking no. 21. Great Place To Work(R) and Fortune magazine have selected GuideWell for the 2026 Fortune Best Workplaces in Health Care(TM) List. This is GuideWell's first time being named to this prestigious list, this year coming in at 21st place in the large category. Earning a spot means that GuideWell is one of the best companies to work for in the country. The Best Workplaces in Health Care award is based on analysis of survey responses from nearly 222,000 employees at Great Place To Work Certified(TM) companies in the health care industry. "This recognition belongs to our people," said Brian Pieninck, President and CEO of GuideWell. "Culture is built one action at a time, and our teammates bring those actions to life every day. I am grateful to every person who shows up for each other and for the people we serve. This honor reflects what our people have built, and it reminds us how much more there is to build." The Best Workplaces in Health Care list is highly competitive. Great Place To Work, the global authority on workplace culture, determines its lists using its proprietary Trust Index(TM) Survey to evaluate and certify thousands of organizations in America's largest ongoing annual workforce study, based on over 1.3 million survey responses and data from companies representing more than 7.3 million employees. Survey responses reflect a comprehensive picture of the workplace experience. Honorees were selected based on their ability to offer positive outcomes for employees regardless of job role, work status, or other demographic factor. "Congratulations to the Fortune Best Workplaces in Health Care," says Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place To Work. "People are at the heart of work in every industry, and health care is no exception. These companies show how delivering for your people drives financial performance and turns fear of the future into the confidence to win." In May 2026, GuideWell also earned a Great Place To Work(R) Certification for the first time in its more than 10-year history. About GuideWell GuideWell comprises Florida's Blue Cross Blue Shield plan, Florida Blue, the leading health insurer in Florida and Triple-S Management, Puerto Rico's Blue Cross Blue Shield plan and a leading healthcare services company on the island. The GuideWell portfolio of care delivery organizations provides primary and urgent care at nearly 80 care centers and affiliate clinics in Florida, including Sanitas Medical Centers, GuideWell Emergency Medical Doctors, and Florida Health Care Plans. Other GuideWell subsidiaries include GuideWell Source, which provides administrative services to federal healthcare programs, and WebTPA, a market leading administrator of self-funded employer health plans. GuideWell also has a majority stake in several health solutions companies, including Lucet, a behavioral healthcare company that offers tech-enabled support to payers, providers, and health plan members, as well as home-based, whole-person care for high-risk patients. GuideWell serves nearly 36 million customers across 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, including more than 6 million customers in Florida. For additional information visit GuideWell.com. For details regarding the company's community and sustainability efforts, read the GuideWell Impact Report. For the latest news and content, visit the GuideWell Newsroom, and follow GuideWell on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram @LifeAtGuideWell, and X @_GuideWell. About the Fortune Best Workplaces in Health Care List Great Place To Work selected the 2026 Fortune Best Workplaces in Health Care by analyzing confidential survey responses from more than 1.3 million employees, representing the experiences of more than 7.3 million employees in 2025 and 2026. Of those responses, nearly 222,000 were from employees at Great Place To Work Certified companies in the health care industry, and this ranking is based on that feedback. Companies with 10 to 999 employees competed in the small and medium category. Companies with 1,000 or more employees were considered for the large category. Read the full methodology. About Great Place To Work As the global authority on workplace culture, Great Place To Work, a UKG company, brings 30 years of groundbreaking research and data to help every place become a great place to work for all. 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Health Net taps CEO from Nevada plan. Table of contents. Centene's Health Net named Eric Schmacker as plan president and CEO, confirming the Eric Schmacker Health Net CEO appointment following his tenure as the health plan's interim leader. How the Eric Schmacker Health Net CEO appointment came together. Schmacker most recently held the same role at Silver Summit Health Plan, another Centene plan in Nevada, a LinkedIn announcement said. Leading up to his official appointment, he has been Health Net's interim plan president. This progression from interim leadership to permanent appointment suggests Centene opted for continuity, promoting a leader already familiar with Health Net's operations rather than conducting an external search from scratch. Why his Nevada background matters. Having previously led another Centene-owned plan in Nevada gives Schmacker direct experience navigating the same corporate structure and operational expectations he'll now apply at Health Net, a factor that may have streamlined his transition into the permanent role. Schmacker's background before this Health Net CEO appointment. Before Centene, Schmacker held executive roles at Tenet Healthcare's San Antonio, Texas-based Baptist Health System, including CEO of St. Luke's Baptist Hospital, CEO of Mission Trail Baptist Hospital, and COO of North Central Baptist Hospital. He is also a 21-year U.S. Army veteran. Why this combination of experience stands out. Schmacker's background spanning multiple hospital COO roles within a major health system, combined with more than two decades of military service, gives him a leadership profile shaped by both large-scale healthcare operations and the discipline associated with a long military career, a combination that may prove valuable as he takes on the operational demands of leading a Medicaid-focused managed care plan. Why this Health Net CEO transition matters. Former Health Net CEO Brian Ternan left the company in July to serve as GuideWell's executive vice president of commercial business. This departure created the leadership vacancy Schmacker has now filled, following a relatively swift transition from Ternan's exit to Schmacker's confirmed permanent appointment. How this fits a broader wave of payer executive turnover. This appointment adds to a broader pattern of health plan C-suite transitions in 2026, with Becker's separately tracking 22 health plan C-suite exits this year alone, spanning regional plans and large, for-profit insurers alike. The same week also brought news of Cambia Health Solutions naming a new CEO for its third-party administrator subsidiary and a CVS Health board appointment. What this Eric Schmacker Health Net CEO appointment means going forward. With Schmacker's transition from interim to permanent CEO now complete, Health Net has resolved its leadership uncertainty following Ternan's July departure, giving the plan stable, confirmed leadership as it continues operating within Centene's broader managed care portfolio. Given Schmacker's prior experience leading another Centene plan in Nevada, his approach to Health Net's operations may reflect lessons and strategies carried over directly from his time at Silver Summit Health Plan. What to watch going forward. As Schmacker settles into his permanent role, industry observers will likely watch how his hospital operations background and military leadership experience shape Health Net's strategic priorities going forward. Given the broader wave of health plan executive turnover occurring across the industry in 2026, this Eric Schmacker Health Net CEO appointment may offer one more data point in understanding how insurers are approaching leadership transitions amid a year marked by significant C-suite change across the payer sector.