UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 17, 2011
 
MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   1-31719   13-4204626
(State of incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
 
200 Oceangate, Suite 100, Long Beach, California 90802
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (562) 435-3666
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Effective February 17, 2011, James W. Howatt, M.D., 63, has been reassigned from the position of chief medical officer of Molina Healthcare, Inc. (the “Company”), which he has held since May 2007, to the position of medical director of the Company’s Medicaid health information management subsidiary, Molina Information Systems, LLC, d/b/a/ Molina Medicaid Solutions, a California limited liability company (“MMS”). As medical director of MMS, Dr. Howatt will serve as the clinical leader for existing and future MMS product offerings, and will direct efforts to incorporate care coordination solutions into the government health care programs served by MMS.

 


 

SIGNATURE
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC.
 
 
Date: February 18, 2011  By:   /s/ Jeff D. Barlow    
    Jeff D. Barlow   
    General Counsel and Corporate Secretary