The Louisiana state health agency has hired Carol Steckel, Alabama's top Medicaid official, to lead the state's efforts in implementing healthcare changes, according to a report by The Advocate.
Ms. Steckel will start work at the Department of Health and Hospitals on Nov. 15 at a salary of $148,500. She has served as Alabama's Medicaid Commissioner since Dec. 2003 and also serves as president of the National Medicaid Directors Association.
Ms. Steckel was appointed by Gov. Bob Riley to replace a deputy chief of staff job, which has not been filled since other DHH staff reallocations following the departure of DHH secretary Alan Levine.
Read the Advocate report on Carol Steckel.
Read more on recent Louisiana executive moves:
-Louisiana's Opelousas General Health System Names CEO
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Ms. Steckel will start work at the Department of Health and Hospitals on Nov. 15 at a salary of $148,500. She has served as Alabama's Medicaid Commissioner since Dec. 2003 and also serves as president of the National Medicaid Directors Association.
Ms. Steckel was appointed by Gov. Bob Riley to replace a deputy chief of staff job, which has not been filled since other DHH staff reallocations following the departure of DHH secretary Alan Levine.
Read the Advocate report on Carol Steckel.
Read more on recent Louisiana executive moves:
-Louisiana's Opelousas General Health System Names CEO
-Louisiana Hospital CEO Withdraws Name Before Starting New Job at Palm Drive Hospital