
Ike Samples
Projects Director
Ike has over 40 years of experience in the Medicaid field at both the state and local levels. He is a recognized leader in the industry with extensive knowledge in healthcare and human services. He specializes in establishing, developing, and maintaining Medicaid fiscal agent operations and the associated Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS).
Ike joined Intervoice in January 2019 as Projects Director with responsibility over all Intervoice projects and contracts supporting the Puerto Rico Medicaid Program (PRMP). He began his career as a system engineer for the Oregon MMIS, advancing through progressively more responsible leadership positions supporting MMIS in many states including, Alabama, Colorado, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, Washington DC, Florida, and North Carolina.
Ike came to Intervoice after nine years as the HPE (now Gainwell) Account Executive responsible for the Florida Medicaid account with the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA). Throughout his career, he has gained expertise in Medicaid operations; MMIS design, development and implementation (DDI); vendor relationships and contracting; MMIS federal certification; procedure development and implementation; proposal development; and technical architecture.
Ike earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics, graduating Summa Cum Laude from David Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee. He was a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and is a member of Mensa. Ike is involved in multiple non-profit organizations in his local community of Tallahassee, Florida.