Scott PierceNASHVILLE — TennCare‘s No. 2 man is headed to the private sector, where he will head the TennCare arm of Chattanooga-based BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee.
Assistant TennCare Commissioner Scott Pierce’s last day in state government is Friday. Pierce is also chief financial officer for the program, which serves low-income pregnant women, children and some disabled and elderly Tennesseans.
On Oct. 3, Pierce will become president and CEO of BlueCross’s Volunteer State Health Plan, which runs the BlueCare and TennCare Select lines of coverage, BlueCross spokeswoman Mary Danielson said.
“Scott’s hiring is nothing more than a sign of the respect and admiration we have developed for his talents and intellect,” Danielson said in an email Friday. “We look forward to bringing him on board and applying his skills to bear on serving our members and the state.”
Darin Gordon, deputy state finance commissioner and TennCare Bureau director, said Pierce told him Aug. 19 he was moving to BlueCross. The nonprofit insurer provides coverage to some 450,000 of TennCare’s 1.2 million enrollees.