Chiquita Brooks-LaSure

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Chiquita Brooks-LaSure
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Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Assumed office
May 27, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded bySeema Verma
Personal details
EducationPrinceton University (BA)
Georgetown University (MPP)

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure is an American healthcare policy official who is the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in the Biden administration since May 2021.[1]

Education[]

Brooks-LaSure earned her Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University in 1996 and a Master of Public Policy from the McCourt School of Public Policy of Georgetown University in 1999.[2][3]

Career[]

She began her career as a program examiner and lead Medicaid analyst in the Office of Management and Budget. She also worked as a staffer for Democratic members of the United States House Committee on Ways and Means before joining the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, where she was tasked with managing policy related to the Affordable Care Act.[4][5] After the end of the Obama administration, Brooks-LaSure became the managing director of the Health Division of national law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. She also served on the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange Advisory Committee.[6]

On February 19, 2021, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Brooks-LaSure to be the next Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services[7] If confirmed, she would be the first Black woman to hold the position.[8] On February 22, 2021, her nomination was sent to the Senate.[9] Her nomination was tied in a vote before the Senate United States Senate after 12–12 vote in the United States Senate Committee on Finance, which resulted in an additional discharge vote being needed for her nomination to appear before the full Senate for a confirmation vote. On May 12, 2021, her nomination was discharged from committee by a vote of 51–48.[10] On May 25, 2021, her nomination was confirmed, by the Senate in a vote of 55–44.[11] On May 27, 2021, she was sworn in by Secretary Xavier Becerra.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ "Biden Taps Chiquita Brooks-LaSure for CMS Administrator". www.meritalk.com. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  2. ^ "Chiquita Brooks-LaSure's Biography". Manatt. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Getting to Know Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Reported Administrator-designate of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services". Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  4. ^ "Democrats' Health Care Ambitions Meet The Reality Of Divided Government". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  5. ^ "Getting to Know Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Reported Administrator-designate of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services". JD Supra. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  6. ^ Diamond, Dan; Goldstein, Amy. "Biden picks another Obama veteran to oversee Medicare, Medicaid". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  7. ^ "President Biden Announces Key Members of his Health and Human Service, Education, and Veterans Affairs Teams" White House, February 19, 2021 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  8. ^ Kelley, Alexandra (2021-02-19). "Biden selects Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as first Black woman to run Medicare". TheHill. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
  9. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, February 22, 2021
  10. ^ "On the Motion to Discharge (Motion to Discharge: Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services from the Committee on Finance)". www.senate.gov. May 12, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  11. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)". www.senate.gov. May 25, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  12. ^ "Statement on the Swearing-In of Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Health and Human Services. May 27, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
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