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Moving Forward: Minding the Transportation Gap in Texas Health Care Coverage

September 15, 2020 10:00 AM

Successfully Addressing Transportation Barriers In Medicaid Managed Care: Modernization of the Texas Transportation Program

Biography

Victor is the Chief Medical Officer for TennCare, which is Tennessee’s Medicaid Agency. At TennCare, Victor leads the medical office to ensure quality and effective delivery of medical, pharmacy, and dental services to its members. He also leads TennCare’s opioid epidemic strategy, value-based payment reform, and practice transformation initiatives across the agency. Prior to joining TennCare, Victor worked at Evolent Health as Vice President for Clinical Transformation and Medicaid Strategies supporting value based population health care delivery. In 2013, Victor served as a White House Fellow to the Secretary of Health and Human Services working on ACA implementation, delivery system reform, and addressing social determinants of health. Victor completed his Internal Medicine Residency and Chief Medical Residency at Emory University and Grady Memorial Hospital. He practices clinically as an internist in the Veteran’s Affairs Health System