Inspector General, Office of the Inspector General, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)

Vanessa Templeman is the current Inspector General for the State of Arizona. Vanessa has 18 years of experience in the health insurance industry spanning both private and government sectors. Vanessa has been involved with NAMPI since 2019 when she first was a Regional Representative prior to becoming the Regional Representative Chair. 

Program Integrity Audit Unit Manager, Office of Program Integrity, Fiscal and Operations Division, Oregon Health Authority

Tamara uses she/her pronouns and currently manages the Program Integrity Audit Unit at Oregon’s Office of Program Integrity of the Oregon Health Authority (OHA). Over the last 9 years, Tamara has held various managerial and non-managerial positions at OHA in behavioral health licensing and certification, Medicaid provider services and quality assurance and compliance, and Medicaid behavioral health policy. 

Tamara holds a Master of Arts degree in Communication and Leadership Studies, emphasis in Strategic and Organizational Communication, from Gonzaga University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Behavioral Science, emphasis in Psychology, from Utah Valley University. In addition, Tamara recently earned Willamette University’s Certificate in Public Management. She enjoys learning new things, restoring furniture, playing the piano, cooking/baking and loves coffee, eating good food, designing things, being in nature, and lounging about the house.

Director & Counsel, Fraud Enforcement & Audit Response, Massachusetts Executive Office of Health & Human Services

Joan Senatore has over twenty years’ experience working in the Medicaid Program Integrity arena. Currently Senatore is the liaison for Bureau of Special Investigation (member/beneficiary fraud) and the Medicaid Fraud Division, Office of the Attorney General (provider fraud) as well as overseeing the member integrity unit for the MassHealth agency. Senatore started her career working in the Massachusetts Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, Office of the Attorney General. Senatore is a licensed attorney in Massachusetts and received her Juris Doctorate from New England School of Law. She holds a Bachelor of Science and Master in Business Administration degree from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Senatore serves on the Board of Directors of the Boston Chapter of Certified Fraud Examiners developing training for its members and serves on the faculty at the Medicaid Integrity Institute. She is also the former President of the National Association for Medicaid Program Integrity for 2011-2014.

Manager, Medicaid Program Integrity Unit, Idaho Department of Health & Welfare

Lori Stiles is the manager of Medicaid Program Integrity for the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. She has worked in Medicaid program integrity for over 20 years. Prior to working for the state, she worked for 11 years in numerous program integrity management positions for CIGNA, the previous Part B Medicare carrier for Tennessee, North Carolina and Idaho. She is a certified professional coder.

Chief, Medicaid Program Integrity, Florida Agency for Health Care Administration

Kelly Bennett has been a member of the Florida Bar since 1997 and is a Certified Fraud Examiner (ACFE), Certified Inspector General (AIG), and an Accredited Health Care Fraud Investigator. She has been at the Agency for Health Care Administration since 2001 and has served in several roles, including as a Senior Attorney within the Medicaid Division of the Office of the General Counsel, the Assistant Bureau Chief for the Bureau of Medicaid Program Integrity, the Agency’s Medicaid Fraud Liaison, and is currently the Chief of Medicaid Program Integrity, where she has served since July of 2014.