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Chris Priest, Gov. Rick Snyder’s former deputy strategy director, has been named the state’s new Medicaid director, the Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday.
Priest also will be deputy director of Michigan’s Medical Services Administration, the department said in a news release. He replaces retired Medicaid Director Steve Fitton as of Oct. 12.
As Snyder’s deputy strategy director, Priest advised on issues such as health care and insurance. He was also director of the Bureau of Medicaid Policy and Health System Innovation in what was the Michigan Department of Community Health, before it merged with the Michigan Department of Human Services this year.
Priest was also the project manager for the state’s health insurance exchange and helped created the Healthy Michigan Plan, which expanded medical coverage to more low-income adults who otherwise don't qualify for Medicaid.