US Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the appointment of Cindy Mann to serve as Director of the Center for Medicaid and State Operations (CMSO), part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Mann most recently served as a research professor and executive director of the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute.
"Cindy Mann has decades of experience in health care financing at the federal and state level, and vast knowledge of health care policy," said Secretary Sebelius. "She has devoted her career to working on behalf of children and families, the elderly and people with disabilities. She will be an outstanding leader at CMSO, particularly as the nation moves forward with health care reform."
Mann previously served as director of the Family and Children’s Health Programs at CMSO from 1999-2001; in that capacity she played a key role in implementing Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
"Cindy has been instrumental in recent efforts to expand health care coverage in our country," said Sebelius. "Her knowledge of health care
issues and management experience will be a great asset to CMSO and to the millions of Americans who rely on Medicaid."
Source: Health and Human Services
