Press Contacts and Resources

Press Contacts and Resources
This section provides contact information for media inquiries and press leads.

Office of Communications
Brian Cook, Director, Media Relations Group
Patti Unruh, Deputy Director, Media Relations Group

Press Inquiries
Phone: 202-690-6145
Fax: 202-260-1462
E-mail: press@cms.hhs.gov  

Medicare/A & B Press Leads
Innovation Center
Email: Alper Ozinal

Home Health, Hospice, SNFs
Email: Carolina Fortin-Garcia

Coverage, Survey and Certification
Email: Don McLeod

Payment Issues - Part A, Financial Analysts
Email: Kathy Ceja

Payment Issues - Part B
Email: Tami Holzman

Health Insurance Marketplaces/Medicaid Press Leads
Health Insurance Marketplace, Insurance Market Reform
Email: Richard Olague

Health Insurance Marketplace, Insurance Market Reform, Insurance Programs
Email: Tasha Bradley

Health Insurance Marketplace, Insurance Market Reform, MLR, Rate Review
Email: Alicia Hartinger

Medicaid, Duals
Email: Emma Sandoe

CMS Programs/Plans Press Leads
Health IT, E-Health
Email: Joe Kuchler

Medicare Advantage, Part D, Open Enrollment
Email: Isabella Leung

Fraud, RACs, MACs
Email: Rachel Maisler

Regional Office Press Leads
Boston RO (I) - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
Email: Courtney Jenkins

New York RO (II) - New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
Email: Jeff Hall

Philadelphia RO (III) - Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
Email: Lorraine Ryan

Atlanta RO (IV) - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
Email: Lee Millman

Chicago RO (V) - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin
Email: Liz Surgener

Dallas RO (VI) - Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
Email: Bob Moos

Kansas City RO (VII) - Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska
Email: Julie Brookhart

Denver RO (VIII) - Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming
Email: Mike Fierberg

San Francisco RO (IX) - Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Pacific Territories
Email: Jack Cheevers

Seattle RO (X) - Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
Email: Stephanie Magill