As CMS Chief, Brooks-LaSure Could Turn Quickly To Medicare Drug Spending Reforms

President Biden’s choice as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is reportedly Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, a former official at the Health and Human Services Department and CMS under the Obama Administration who played key roles in implementing the coverage expansion and insurance reforms mandated by the Affordable Care Act.

Brooks-LaSure served as deputy director for policy and regulation at the CMS Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight from December 2012 to March 2014. CCIIO is the office tasked with overseeing insurance programs established by the ACA