Martinez new CFO for BlueCare Tennessee
BlueCare Tennessee, the Medicaid subsidiary of BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, has appointed Jeremy Martinez as vice president and chief financial officer.
Martinez will oversee company financial planning and administration of Medicaid contracts with the Bureau of TennCare, a division of Tennessee state government.
Martinez’s career in health care includes more than a decade of experience with commercial and government programs. He comes to BlueCare from the Washington state business unit for Centene Corp.’s Coordinated Care, where he served in executive roles for finance and operations.
At Centene, Martinez was responsible for expanding networks statewide to add Medicare and commercial business lines to a Medicaid health plan. During his tenure, the company’s membership grew from 35,000 to 250,000.
Before joining Centene, Martinez worked at Kaiser Permanente, where he oversaw performance of the Medicare line of business in Colorado. On the operations front, he was responsible for the company’s efforts to replace its claims systems.
A Colorado native, Martinez holds a master of business administration from Colorado State University-Pueblo and has been a certified public accountant since 2002.
Victoria FolsomDr. Folsom joins CHI at Cleveland office
The CHI Memorial Medical Group has added Victoria Folsom, D.O., to the CHI Memorial Primary Care Associates in Cleveland, Tenn.
Dr. Folsom received her medical degree from University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences in Des Moines, Iowa. She completed her residency in family practice at the University of Health Sciences Medical Center in Independence, Mo.. She is a board-certified family medicine osteopathic physician.
“We are thrilled to have Dr. Folsom join our wonderful group of physicians,” said Glyn Hughes, president of Mountain Management.
Dr. Folsom joins Dr. Susan Fisher at the CHI office at 3780 Ocoee Place in Cleveland, Tenn.
Carpenter, Gomez join Carr Allison law firm
The Birmingham-based law firm of Carr Allison has added Jordan Carpenter and Erin Gomez as new associates to its Chattanooga office.
Carpenter is a graduate of the University of Alabama and Vermont Law School and will specialize in premises liability, insurance, professional liability and construction. While at the University of Alabama, he was president of the Campus Veterans Association and a member of the Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society.
At Vermont Law School, he was a staff member for the Vermont Law Review and served as a senator in the Student Bar Association. Before becoming an attorney, Carpenter spent six years as a psychological operations specialist in the United States Army. He deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan with the 9th Psychological Operations Battalion (Airborne).
Gomez, a graduate of Maryville College and Emory University School of Law, will focus her practice on commercial transportation, premises liability, professional liability and labor and employment litigation. At Emory, she served as an editor of the Emory International Law Review, a student member of the Emory International Humanitarian Law Clinic and president of Emory Immigration Law Practice Society. While in law school, Erin interned with the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Labor and the Coca-Cola Company.
Randy KingKing joins XMC as area specialist
Randy King has joined XMC Inc. as an area production solutions specialist focused on the Chattanooga, Cleveland, Alabama and North Georgia markets. King also will assist with strategic account growth and development for XMC.
King comes to XMC after 31 years with Xerox Corporation, having spent the last 20 years supporting Chattanooga and the East Tennessee area as well as central and west Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas. He was previously region sales manager, technical support manager, production sales specialist and IGEN production inkjet solutions specialist for Xerox.
“I am excited for the opportunity to put my years of experience with Xerox and its products to work in a new way,” King said. “I have admired XMC for many years and am looking forward to what we can accomplish together.”
At Xerox, King won several top performer awards, includin the Xerox Corporation President’s Club and Par Club honors.
King is a 20-year resident of Signal Mountain and has been married to Judy King for 27 years.
Shears joins Erlanger Heart, Lung Institute
The Erlanger Heart and Lung Institute has added Dr. Larry Shears II to its growing network of cardiologists.
Shears is a nationally renowned, board-certified, robotic cardiothoracic surgeon. Through three small incisions, Dr. Shears is capable of performing bypasses and other major surgeries without opening the chest. This technique allows the patient to recover faster and with fewer complications and pain than traditional heart surgery.
“Dr. Shears’ expertise in robotic surgery techniques is invaluable to our Erlanger Heart and Lung Institute,” said Kevin M. Spiegel, CEO of Erlanger Health System. “We are extremely fortunate to have him here in Chattanooga providing world-class care to our cardiology patients.”
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