Pati McCandless

Pati McCandless is the vice president of Government Relations at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX), a division of Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), where she advocates for continued improvement to the health care system.

Before taking on this role, Pati served as the vice president for State Health Policy for HCSC, doing business as Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Pati is well-known in the health insurance industry. Prior to joining HCSC, she served as counsel at Greenberg Traurig where she represented numerous health insurance industry clients, including a major state trade association.

With more than 25 years of health care policy and insurance-related legal experience, Pati has served on a number of insurance-related advisory committees throughout her career. Most recently, Pati was appointed to the newly launched All Payor Claims Database Stakeholder Advisory Group for the State of Texas. She is also an executive committee member and board member of the Texas Association of Business and is an appointed board member of the Texas Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association. Previously, Pati served as a board member of the Texas Association of Health Plans, including two terms as president, on the board of LTC Re, LLC, a Delaware captive insurer, and on the board of the Texas Health Insurance Risk Pool. She is a graduate of Texas A&M University and New York Law School.