Katie Evans was appointed Chief of Long Term Services and Supports with the Division of TennCare in August of 2022 after being Deputy Chief to Patti Killingsworth for a year. Prior to joining LTSS in 2021, she served as Senior Associate General Counsel in the TennCare Office of General Counsel for 6 years, with a concentration on administrative litigation related to LTSS, provider fraud, waste, and abuse, as well as petitions for declaratory order and special projects. She spent the first 7 years of her legal career at the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee focusing on health, benefits, elder law and children’s issues.