Jami Snyder

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Jami Snyder is the Associate Commissioner for the Medicaid and CHIP Services Department at the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), and serves as the state’s Medicaid director. She most recently served as Chief Deputy Director for Medicaid and CHIP for HHSC. Prior to that, Snyder served as the Chief Operating Officer for The University of Arizona Health Plans, a division of Banner Health. She has over 18 years of experience in both the public and private sectors, including extensive regulatory experience stemming from her tenure with the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System and the Arizona Department of Health Services, where she was charged with overseeing the state’s Medicaid-contracted health plans, including compliance with established federal and state managed care regulations and performance in a variety of areas such as network sufficiency, payment modernization, customer service and the provision of self-directed care. Snyder graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and has a Master of Arts in Political Science from Arizona State University.