Robert Garnett, MBA
Vice President, Government Business Division Analytics Center of Excellence, Elevance Health
Robert Garnett, MBA serves as Vice President, Analytics Center of Excellence for the Government Business Division at Elevance Health. In this role, he leads a data driven organization supporting analytics and insights for Elevance Health Medicaid, Medicare, and enterprise customers in the areas of population health, performance management, operational excellence, and quality improvement.
Prior to his current role, Robert served as President and CEO, Amerigroup Tennessee, where he was responsible for the strategic, fiscal, regulatory, and operational leadership of the health plan. In his role, he was also responsible for building and managing state and local relationships and fostering new growth and strategic opportunities within Tennessee’s TennCare Medicaid program.
Prior to his promotion to President in 2018, Robert served as the Chief Operating Officer and previously the Director of Medicaid State Operations, leading all day-to-day health plan operations and execution, customer service, quality management, and regulatory oversight from 2014 to 2018. Prior to joining Amerigroup Tennessee, he served in a similar operational leadership capacity for Amerigroup Georgia from 2011 to 2014. In addition to these roles, Robert supported South Region Medicaid with business development and implementation, and strategic operations. Robert is a fellow and CHIE from America’s Health Insurance Plans.