Nashville Technology Council

Andy Flatt
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
HealthSpring, Inc.
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In 2006, Andy Flatt began his current role as SVP and CIO for HealthSpring, Inc. Previously, he was CIO for AIM Healthcare Services during which tenure AIM was recognized globally for early large-scale IP telephony adoption and for large scale transactional database development.  Flatt’s 25 year career includes serving in technology management roles at HCA and Baptist Hospital.  As co-founder of MIQS, Inc., Flatt worked with early electronic medical records pioneers and systems that received international acclaim. He began his career as a software developer of business and clinical systems for Dialysis Clinic, Inc. and served his alma mater, Lipscomb University, as adjunct faculty member for nine years.

Flatt is the Chair Elect for the Nashville Technology Council where he currently serves as Co-Chair of the Workforce and Education committee. He is chair of the Lipscomb University Information Technology Advisory Board, member of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives and currently serves on the Board of the Tennessee Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.  Past appointments include CIO Executive Summit Governing Body and Medic (now Misys) Advisory Board.

HealthSpring is based in Nashville, Tennessee, and is one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing managed care companies with a primary focus in the Medicare Advantage market. HealthSpring currently owns and operates Medicare Advantage plans in Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas and offers a national stand-alone Medicare prescription drug plan. (www.healthspring.com)