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dr. Meena Seshamani appointed

as deputy administrator and director of

Center for Medicare.

Our Bureau “Dr. Meena Seshamani
brings her diverse background
Washington, DC as a health care executive,
ndian American Dr. Mee- health economist, physician
na Seshamani, who served and health policy expert to
Ion the leadership of the CMS,” said CMS Administra-
Biden-Harris transition Health tor Chiquita Brooks-LaSure.
and Human Services (HHS) “Providing quality health
agency review team, has been care to the people who rely
appointed as Deputy Admin- on Medicare and advancing
istrator and Director of Center health equity as we do it is a
for Medicare. priority for CMS,” she said in
She would lead the center’s a press release announcing Se-
efforts in serving the people shamani’s appointment.
65 or older, people with dis- “I am delighted to say
abilities and people with end- Dr. Seshamani will bring her
stage renal disease that rely on unique perspective on how
Medicare coverage, Centers for health policy impacts the real
Medicare and Medicaid Ser- lives of patients to her lead-
vices (CMS) announced Tues- ership role as Deputy Admin-
day. istrator and Director of the

Center for Medicare.” Biden-Harris transition HHS
Dr. Seshamani most recent- agency review team.
ly served as Vice President of Prior to MedStar Health,
Clinical Care Transformation she was Director of the Office
at MedStar Health, where of Health Reform at the HHS,
she conceptualized, designed, where she drove strategy and
and implemented population led implementation of the Af-
health and value-based care fordable Care Act across the
initiatives and served on the Department, including cover-
senior leadership of the 10 hos- age policy, delivery system re-
pital, 300+ outpatient care site form, and public health policy.
health system. Dr. Seshamani received her
The care models and service BA with Honors in Business
lines under her leadership, in- Economics from Brown Uni-
cluding community health, geri- versity, her MD from the Uni-
atrics, and palliative care, have versity of Pennsylvania School
been nationally recognized by of Medicine, and her PhD in
the Institute for Healthcare Health Economics from the
Improvement and others. She University of Oxford, where
also cared for patients as an she was a Marshall Scholar.
Assistant Professor of Otolar- She completed her residen-
yngology-Head and Neck Sur- cy training in Otolaryngolo-
gery at the Georgetown Uni- gy-Head and Neck Surgery at
versity School of Medicine. the Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Seshamani also brings School of Medicine, and prac-
decades of policy experience ticed as a head and neck sur-
to her role, including recently geon at Kaiser Permanente in
serving on the leadership of the San Francisco.

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