Patrick M. Tigue

Patrick M. Tigue, MPP, is the health insurance commissioner for the State of Rhode Island. He was previously a principal at Health Management Associates (HMA) in Boston, Massachusetts, where he provided executive advisory services to public and private sector clients related to publicly funded health care.

Before joining HMA, Mr. Tigue served as assistant secretary for health and the Medicaid director for the State of Rhode Island, where he led the Medicaid program, serving approximately 300,000 residents and managing a $2.5 billion annual budget. He successfully managed the program within budget constraints while maintaining eligibility and benefits including expanding access to life-saving hepatitis C treatment. Mr. Tigue also negotiated an extension of the Rhode Island Comprehensive Demonstration 1115 waiver with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to preserve critical federal flexibility and funding including support for the state’s Medicaid accountable care organization program. During his tenure, he served as the east regional representative for the board of directors of the National Association of Medicaid Directors.

Mr. Tigue previously served as director of operations of commercial products at Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, where he oversaw commercial product line product design, rate development, federal regulatory and state regulatory compliance, and operational coordination with profit and loss responsibility. Earlier in his career, Mr. Tigue served as principal policy associate at the State of Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner.

Mr. Tigue earned his master’s degree in public policy from Brown University and his bachelor’s degree in English from the College of the Holy Cross.