Why Walmart Health’s chief just left the ‘dream job’ to lead a testing company you’ve never heard of

Fierce Health Technology September 8, 2020
Tina Reed

As president of Walmart Health, Sean Slovenski was sitting in one of the most influential positions when it came to U.S. healthcare.

But last month, Slovenski announced plans to leave the gig at the world’s largest retailer to instead lead a company called BioIQ. That firm, which specializes in diagnostic testing and immunization, is a place he describes as “one of those little best-kept secrets in the space.”

Why make that jump?

“Is that a really nice way of asking ‘What’s wrong with you? Didn’t you have your dream job?'” Slovenski said, laughing at this reporter’s question during an interview this week.

It was a big job. In August 2018, Walmart tapped Slovenski—a former Humana exec—with the role...

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