TennCare Director and Deputy Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration, Darin Gordon, has been selected to participate as a Fellow in the 2011 class of the Medicaid Leadership Institute, a national initiative managed by the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS ).
“Medicaid plays a huge, often under-appreciated role in the U.S. health care system. At a time when national health care reform implementation will greatly affect their programs and responsibilities, these six remarkable leaders form an exceptionally talented class for the Medicaid Leadership Institute,” said Tommy Thompson, Former Governor of Wisconsin, who chairs the program’s national advisory committee. “These directors are well positioned to blaze a trail for their states and the nation in achieving better quality care for every taxpayer dollar invested in publicly financed health care.”
Darin Gordon has served as TennCare director since 2006 and has worked for the state of Tennessee since 1996. Under Governor Bredesen’s and Gordon's leadership, TennCare has retained control of its finances, placed full financial risk back with the managed care organizations across all regions of the state, formulated a comprehensive redesign of the state’s long-term care program and refocused TennCare’s management on improving the health care status of its 1.2 million enrollees. Gordon created a management system that provides enhanced analytical capabilities to help assess cost and utilization information and to better inform program decision making. During Gordon’s tenure, TennCare has experienced the lowest cost growth rate since the inception of the program.
