NEWS RELEASE
Albert
Hawkins
Executive Commissioner
Date: Aug. 16, 2006
Contact: Stephanie Goodman, (512) 424-6951
Traylor Named Associate Commissioner for
Medicaid-CHIP Division
AUSTIN – Chris Traylor has been named associate commissioner for Medicaid and CHIP at the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC).
Traylor, who has been chief of staff at HHSC since 2004, will lead more than 200 employees responsible for overseeing managed care plans for Medicaid and CHIP, ensuring prompt and accurate payments to providers, and enrolling doctors and other providers into the programs.
Traylor has more than a decade of state government experience. He served as the director of HHSC’s Transformation Program Management Office, where he managed the day-to-day operations of the consolidation of Texas health and human services agencies. He previously served as deputy commissioner for government relations at the Texas Department of Human Services and is a graduate of Texas Tech University.
Traylor began his new role at HHSC on Aug. 14.
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