Becker's Healthcare July 29, 2024
The CEO of Hawaii’s largest insurer also holds the title of the state’s winningest high school basketball coach.
Mark Mugiishi, MD, is the CEO of Hawaii Medical Service Association, the Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliate in Hawaii. He was previously a surgeon and founded some of Hawaii’s first ambulatory surgical centers. Dr. Mugiishi became CEO of HMSA in 2020, after previously serving as its chief medical officer.
Dr. Mugiishi told Becker’s he has always been a curious person, and that curiosity led him from practicing surgery, to managing ASCs and finally to HMSA.
“It led me to the realization that there was a way to take my curiosity, my desire to improve the health of Hawaii, to...