CMS Administrator Seema Verma: What Industry Can Expect

20 Mar 2017

• By Sue Darcey

The Senate confirmed former health-policy consultant Seema Verma as administrator of the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services earlier this month, and she was sworn in March 14. Medtech Insight took a look at some of Verma's policy positions affecting industry, including potential changes to accountable care organizations, appropriate-use criteria, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, lab payments, and telehealth services.

Seema Verma's March 14 swearing-in as administrator of the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services makes the former health-policy consultant and head of Indiana's Medicaid "HIP" (Healthy Indiana Plan) program a key player in implementing the Trump administration's vision of health care.

The vote in the US Senate to approve Verma to run CMS – which handles $1tn worth of Medicare, Medicaid...