Biden Nominates Brooks-LaSure as CMS Administrator

Today, President Joseph R. Biden announced his nomination of Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as the Administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Brooks-LaSure is currently the Managing Director at Manatt. She is a former policy official who played a key role in the development and implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and has more than 20 years of experience in health policy. She was previously the deputy director for policy at the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight within CMS and the director of coverage policy at the Department of Health and Human Services.

The full nomination announcement is available here.