STATE MEDICAID DIRECTORS
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ALABAMA
Ms. Gwendolyn H. Williams
Commissioner
Alabama Medicaid Agency
501 Dexter Avenue
P.O. Box 5624
Montgomery, AL 36103-5624
(205) 242-5600
Fax Number (205) 242-5097
ALASKA
Mr. Bob Labbe
Director
Division of Medical Assistance
Department of Health and
Social Services
P.O. Box 110660
Juneau, AK 99811-0660
(907) 465-3355
Fax Number (907) 465-2204
AMERICAN SAMOA
Mr. Anetere's Puletasi
Medicaid Program Director
Department of Health
LBJ Tropical Medical Center
Pago Pago, AS 96799
011-684-633-4590
Fax Number 011-684-633-1869
ARIZONA
Mabel Chen, M.D.
Director
Arizona Health Care Cost
Containment System
801 East Jefferson Street
Phoenix, AZ 85034
(602) 271-4422 ext. 4053
Fax Number (602) 252-6536
ARKANSAS
Mr. Ray Hanley
Director
Division of Medical Services
Department of Human Services
P.O. Box 1437, Slot 1100
Little Rock, AR 72203-1437
(501) 682-8292
Fax Number (501) 682-8013
CALIFORNIA
Mr. John Rodriguez
Director of Program
Medical Care Services
Department of Health Services
714 P Street, Room 1253
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 657-1425
Fax Number (916) 657-1156
COLORADO
Mr. Richard Allen
Acting Manager
Health and Medical Services
Department of Health Care Policy
and Financing
1575 Sherman Street - Fourth Floor
Denver, CO 80203-1714
(303) 866-6092
Fax Number (303) 866-2803
CONNECTICUT
Mr. David Parrella
Acting Director
Health Care Financing Administration
Department of Social Services
25 Sigourney Street
Hartford, CT 06106-5033
(203) 424-5167
Fax Number (203) 951-9544
DELAWARE
Mr. Phillip Soule , Sr.
Medicaid Director
Department of Health and
Social Services
1901 North DuPont Highway
New Castle, DE 19720
(302) 577-4901
Fax Number (302) 577-4899
WASHINGTON, DC
Mr. Paul Offner
Commissioner
Commission on Health Care Finance
Department of Human Services
2100 ML King, Jr., Avenue, S.E.
Suite 302
Washington, DC 20020
(202) 727-0735
Fax Number (202) 610-3209
FLORIDA
Mr. Gary Crayton
Director of Medicaid
Agency for Health Care
Administration
P.O. Box 13000
Tallahassee, FL 32317-3000
(904) 488-3560
Fax Number (904) 488-2520
GEORGIA
Ms. Marjorie Smith
Commissioner
Department of Medical Assistance
2 Peachtree Street, N.W.
27th Floor, Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30303-3159
(404) 656-4479
Fax Number (404) 651-6880
GUAM
Ms. Adoracion Solidum
Administrator, Bureau of
Health Care Financing
Department of Public Health
and Social Services
P.O. Box 2816
Agana, GU 96910
011-671-735-7269
Fax Number 011-671-734-5910
HAWAII
Ms. Winifred N. Odo
Administrator
Med QUEST Division
Department of Human Services
P.O. Box 339
Honolulu, HI 96809-0339
(808) 586-5391
Fax Number (808) 586-5389
IDAHO
Ms. Tresa Newman
Acting Administrator
Division of Welfare-Administrative
Office
Department of Health and Welfare
Towers Building, Second Floor
P.O. Box 83720-0036
Boise, ID 83720-0036
(208) 334-5747
Fax Number (208) 334-0657
ILLINOIS
Mr. George Hovanec
Administrator
Medical Operations
Department of Public Aid
201 South Grand Avenue, East
Third Floor
Springfield, IL 62763-0001
(217) 782-2570
Fax Number (217) 524-7232
INDIANA
Mr. James M. Verdier
Assistant Secretary
Medicaid Policy and Planning
Family and Social Services
Administration, Room W382
402 W. Washington Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2739
(317) 233-4455
Fax Number (317) 232-7382
IOWA
Mr. Donald Herman, Administrator
Division of Medical Services
Department of Human Services
Hoover State Office Building
Fifth Floor
Des Moines, IA 50319
(515) 281-8794
Fax Number (515)281-4597
KANSAS
Ms. Ann Koci, Director
Medical Services
Department of Social and
Rehabilitation Services
Docking State Office Building
Room 628 South
915 Harrison Street
Topeka, KS 66612
(913) 296-3981
Fax Number (913) 296-4813
KENTUCKY
Mr. John H. Morse
Director
Department for Medicaid Services
Third Floor
275 East Main Street
Frankfort, KY 40621
(502) 564-4321
Fax Number (502) 564-3232
LOUISIANA
Mr. Thomas D. Collins
Director
Bureau of Health Services
Financing
Department of Health and Hospitals
P.O. Box 91030
Baton Rouge, LA 70821-9030
(504) 342-3891
Fax Number (504) 342-3893
MAINE
Mr. Francis T. Finnegan, Jr.
Director
Bureau of Medical Services
Department of Human Services
State House Station 11
221 State Street
Augusta, ME 04333
(207) 287-2674
Fax Number (207) 287-2675
MARYLAND
Martin P. Wasserman, M.D., J. D.
Secretary
Department of Health & Mental
Hygiene
Herbert R. O'Connor Bldg.
201 West Preston Street, Fifth Floor
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 225-6505
Fax Number (410) 225-6489
MASSACHUSETTS
Mr. Bruce Bullen
Commissioner
Division of Medical Assistance
600 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111
(617) 348-5690
Fax Number (617) 348-8590
MICHIGAN
Veron K. Smith, Ph.D.
Director
Michigan Department of Community Health
Medical Services Administration
Capitol Commons Center
P.O. Box 30479
Lansing, MI 48913-7979
(517) 335-5001
Fax Number (517) 335-5007
MINNESOTA
Ms. Trish Mataggert
Director
Health Care Administration
Department of Human Services
444 Lafayette Road
Sixth Floor
St. Paul, MN 55155-3852
(612) 297-3374
Fax Number (612) 297-3230
MISSISSIPPI
Ms. Helen Wetherbee
Executive Director
Division of Medicaid
Office of the Governor
Suite 801, Robert E. Lee Building
239 North Lamar Street
Jackson, MS 39201-1399
(601) 359-6056
Fax Number (601) 359-6048
MISSOURI
Ms. Donna Checkett, Director
Division of Medical Services
Department of Social Services
615 Howerton Court
P.O. Box 6500
Jefferson City, MO 65102-6500
(573) 751-6922
Fax Number (573) 751-6564
MONTANA
Ms. Nancy Ellery
Administrator
Medicaid Services Division
Department of Social and
Rehabilitation Services
P.O. Box 4210
111 N. Sanders
Helena, MT 59604-4210
(406) 444-4540
Fax Number (406) 444-1861
NEBRASKA
Mr. Robert Seiffert
Administrator
Medical Services Division
Department of Social Services
301 Centennial Mall South
Fifth Floor
Lincoln, NE 68509-5026
(402) 471-9718
Fax Number (402) 471-9092
NEVADA
Ms. April Townley
Deputy Administrator
Welfare Division
Department of Human Resources
2527 North Carson Street
Carson City, NV 89710
(702) 687-4867
Fax Number (702) 687-5080
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Ms. Lee Bezanson
Administrator
Office of Medical Services
Division of Human Services
Department of Health and
Human Services
6 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301-6521
(603) 271-4353
Fax Number (603) 271-4376
NEW JERSEY
Ms. Velvet G. Miller
Director
Division of Medical Assistance
and Health Services
Department of Human Services
CN-712, 7 Quakerbridge Plaza
Trenton, NY 08625
(609) 588-2600
Fax Number (609) 588-3583
NEW MEXICO
Mr. Bruce Weydemeyer
Director
Medical Assistance Division
Human Services Department
P.O. Box 2348
Santa Fe, NM 87504-2348
(505) 827-3106
Fax Number (505) 827-3185
NEW YORK
Mr. Richard T. Cody
Acting Deputy Commissioner
Division Health and Long-Term Care
Department of Social Services
40 North Pearl Street
Albany, NY 12243
(518) 474-9132
Fax Number (518) 473-4232
NORTH CAROLINA
Ms. Barbara Matula, Director
Division of Medical Assistance
Department of Human Resources
1985 Umstead Drive
P.O. Box 29529
Raleigh, NC 27626-0529
(919) 733-2060
Fax Number (919) 733-6608
NORTH DAKOTA
Mr. David J. Zentner
Director, Medicaid
Department of Human Services
600 East Boulevard Avenue
Bismarck, ND 58505-0261
(701) 328-2321
Fax Number (701) 328-2359
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
Mr. Galo P. Tudela
Medicaid Administrator
Department of Public Health
Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands
P.O. Box 409 CK
Saipan, MP 96950
011-670-234-8950 ext. 2905
Fax Number 011-670-234-8931
OHIO
Mr. William T. Ryan
Deputy Director
Office of Medicaid
Department of Human Services
30 East Broad Street
31st Floor
Columbus, OH 43266-0423
(614) 644-0140
Fax Number (614) 752-3986
OKLAHOMA
Mr. Mike Fogarty
State Medicaid Director
Health Care Authority
4545 North Lincoln Boulevard
Suite 124
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
(405) 530-3374
Fax Number (405) 528-4786
OREGON
Dr. Hersch Crawford
Director
Office of Medical Assistance
Programs
Department of Human Resources
500 Summer Street, N.E.
Human Resources Building, Third Floor
Salem, OR 97310-1014
(503) 945-5772
Fax Number (503) 373-2897
PENNSYLVANIA
Ms. Darlene Collins
Deputy Secretary for Medical
Assistance Programs
Department of Public Welfare
Room 515
P.O. Box 2675
Health and Welfare Building
Harrisburg, PA 17105-2675
(717) 787-1870
Fax Number (717) 787-4639
PUERTO RICO
Ms. Margarita Latorre
Medicaid Director
Office of Economic Assistance
to the Medically Indigent
Department of Health
G.P.O. Box 70184
San Juan, PR 00936
(809) 765-1230
Fax Number (809) 766-2240
RHODE ISLAND
Mr. Lewis Treistman
Acting Associate Director for Medical Services
Department of Human Services
600 New London Avenue
Cranston, RI 02920
(401) 464-3575
Fax Number (401) 464-1876
SOUTH CAROLINA
Gwen Power
Acting Executive Director
Health and Human Services
Finance Commission
P.O. Box 8206
Columbia, SC 29202-8206
(803) 253-6100
Fax Number (803) 253-4137
SOUTH DAKOTA
Mr. David M. Christensen
Program Administrator
Medical Services
Department of Social Services
Richard F. Kneip Building
700 Governors Drive
Pierre, SD 57501-2291
(605) 773-3495
Fax Number (605) 773-6834
TENNESSEE
Mr. Rusty Siebert
Assistant Commissioner
Bureau of Medicaid
Department of Health
729 Church Street
Nashville, TN 37247-6501
(615) 741-0213
Fax Number (615) 741-0882
TEXAS
Ms. Linda Wertz
State Medicaid Director
Health and Human Services
Commission
P.O. Box 13247
Austin, TX 78711
(512) 502-3224
Fax Number (512) 502-3289
UTAH
Mr. Rod Betit
Director
Division of Health Care Financing
Department of Health
P.O. Box 16700
Salt Lake City, UT 84116-0700
(801) 538-6406
Fax Number (801) 538-6478
VERMONT
Mr. Kent Stoneman
Director
Medicaid Division
Agency of Human Services
Department of Social Welfare
103 South Main Street
Waterbury, VT 05671-1201
(802) 241-2880
Fax Number (802) 241-2974
VIRGINIA
Mr. Robert C. Metcalf
Director
Department of Medical
Assistance Services
600 East Broad Street
Suite 1300
Richmond, VA 23219
(804) 786-8099
Fax Number (804) 371-4981
VIRGIN ISLANDS
Ms. Priscilla Berry-Quetel
Director
Bureau of Health Insurance
and Medical Assistance
Department of Health
210-3A Altona
Suite 302
Frostco Center
Charlotte Amalie, VI 00820
(809) 774-4624
Fax Number (809) 774-4918
WASHINGTON
Ms. Jane Beyer
Assistant Secretary
Medical Assistance Administration
Department of Social and
Health Services
P.O. Box 45080
Olympia, WA 98504-5080
(206) 753-1777
Fax Number (206) 586-5874
WEST VIRGINIA
Ms. Ann Stottlemyer
Commissioner
Bureau of Medical Services
Department of Health and Human
Resources
Building 6, State Capitol Complex
Room 717B
Charleston, WV 25305
(304) 926-1700
Fax Number (304) 926-1776
WISCONSIN
Mr. Kevin B. Piper, Director
Bureau of Health Care Financing
Division of Health
Department of Health and Social
Services
P.O. Box 309
Madison, WI 53701-0309
(608) 266-2522
Fax Number (608) 266-1096
WYOMING
Ms. Cheryl McVay
Administrator
Division of Health Care
Financing
Department of Health
6101 Yellowstone Road
Cheyenne, WY 82002
(307) 777-7531
Fax Number (307) 777-6964
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