Phyllis Sloyer is Division Director for the Children’s Medical Services
Network and Related Programs, Florida Department of Health.  Dr. Sloyer
has had more than 25 years experience in the administration of Florida’s
Title V Program for Children with Special Health Care Needs (Children’s
Medical Services). She is responsible for the implementation and
operation of the CMS Network, a managed system of care for children with
special health care needs. Dr. Sloyer assisted in the development of
Florida’s state children’s health insurance legislation and worked to
include the CMS Network as a Medicaid reform plan. She has provided
consultation and technical assistance to other state health programs,
including programs in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. She is a
pediatric nurse and has a Ph.D. in public administration – health
services management. Dr. Sloyer is president of the National Association
of Maternal and Child Health Programs and was awarded an honorary
fellowship in the American Academy of Pediatrics for her work in child
health care coverage and systems of care.