“Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced several new additions to the agency’s leadership team, as well as changes to the portfolios of senior staff in the Office of the Administrator. Since arriving in March 2017, Administrator Seema Verma has been committed to building an experienced and well-qualified team with a broad range of backgrounds and expertise. Today, Administrator Verma welcomes Paul Mango as CMS’s Chief Principal Deputy Administrator and Chief of Staff and Chris Traylor as the agency’s Deputy Administrator for Strategic Initiatives. In addition, the Administrator promoted Deputy Chief of Staff Brady Brookes to Deputy Administrator and Deputy Chief of Staff…”
“Paul Mango joins the Office of the Administrator as the Chief Principal Deputy Administrator and Chief of Staff. Paul comes to CMS after a long and successful career at McKinsey & Company as a Senior Partner and also having filled additional leadership roles within their U.S. and global healthcare practices and as the head of McKinsey’s U.S. Center for Health Reform. He is a veteran of the 82nd Airborne Division and a graduate of U.S. Army Ranger School; the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he was a Distinguished Cadet; and of Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar. He has been active in community and civic causes including a run for Governor of Pennsylvania in 2017, and as a board member of HM3 Partner Independence Fund, a foundation helping veterans, first responders and youth. Paul brings more than thirty years of experience in the healthcare industry that will prove invaluable in his role supporting Administrator Verma in the fulfillment of the agency’s mission.”
“Chris Traylor joins the Office of the Administrator as the Deputy Administrator for Strategic Initiatives. Chris comes to CMS with over 26 years of public sector service in the area of healthcare and social services. His lengthy public service career in Texas concluded in 2016 when he retired as the Executive Commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) after previously serving as the commission’s Chief Deputy Executive Commissioner. Earlier public service roles in Texas include a two-year term leading the Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) and as the state’s Medicaid director for over three years. Under his leadership at Medicaid, Texas developed health passports for children in foster care and also expanded a managed model of care that integrated acute and long-term care services for Texans who are elderly or have disabilities. Since 2016, Chris has been leading a healthcare consulting firm serving clients in hospital operations and finance, long term services and supports, dental and oral health services, managed care and bio-health. His experience and expertise put him at the forefront of legislative innovation, reform, and regulation which will be instrumental to his new role at CMS…”
“Administrator Verma also promoted Brady Brookes, CMS’s current Deputy Chief of Staff to a concurrent role as Deputy Administrator. In this position, Brady will continue to oversee day-to-day operations and provide strategic counsel to the Office of the Administrator. Brady joined CMS in 2017 as Deputy Chief of Staff after serving as then-Governor Mike Pence’s Legislative Director…” Read the full press release here.
Source: CMS Welcomes New Leadership Team, Makes Additional Staffing Announcement – July 24, 2018. CMS.gov.
