Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
Vacant, Deputy Administrator for Innovation Policy, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation
Amy Bassano, Acting Director
Amy Bassano, Deputy Director
Arrah Tabe-Bedward, Deputy Director
Dr. Michael Lipp, Acting Chief Medical Officer
Executive Operations Staff
Erin Colgan, Director; Erin Willford-Skipworth, Acting Deputy Director
Patient Care Models Group
Christina Ritter, Director
Mary Kapp, Deputy Director
Division of Technical Model Support - Bobbie Knickman, Director; Alexandre Laberge, Deputy Director
Division of Payment Models - Amy Giardina, Director
Division of Health Care Payment Models - Claire Schreiber, Director
Division of Specialty Payment Models - Nora Fleming, Director
Division of Ambulatory Payment Models - Lara Strawbridge, Director
Seamless Care Models Group
Pauline Lapin, Director
Laura McWright, Deputy Director
Division of Advanced Primary Care - Nicholas Minter, Director; Leah Hendrick, Deputy Director
Division of Financial Risk - Meghan Erlington-Clayton, Director
Division of Special Populations and Projects - Tom Duvall, Acting Director
Division of Seamless Infrastructure - John Lumpkin, Director
Division of Delivery System Demonstrations - Jason Petroski, Director
Prevention and Population Health Group
Rivka Friedman, Director
Nina Brown-Ashford, Deputy Director
Division of Health Care Delivery - Elizabeth Matthews, Director
Division of Health Innovation and Integration - Janelle Gingold, Director; J. Alice Thompson-Nixon, Deputy Director
Division of Population Health Incentives and Infrastructure - Emily Jones, Director; Katherine Verlander, Deputy Director
Research and Rapid Cycle Evaluation Group
Renee Mentnech, Director
Noemi Rudolph, Deputy Director
Division of Health Systems Research - Suzanne Wensky, Director
Division of Payment and Accountability Research - Shannon Flood, Director
Division of Special Populations Research - Sai Ma, Director
Division of Data, Research and Analytic Methods - David Bott, Director
Learning and Diffusion Group
Arrah Tabe-Bedward, Acting Director
Rehana Gubin, Acting Deputy Director
Division of Model Learning Systems - Erin Carrillo, Acting Director
Division of Cross-Model Learning and Improvement - Erin Carrillo, Acting Director
Division of Improvement Networks and Regional Engagement - Rehana Gubin, Director
Business Services Group
Ashley Corbin, Acting Director
Todd Couts, Acting Deputy Director
Division of Budget and Administrative Services - Ronald Topper, Jr., Director
Division of Central Contracts Services - Barbara Rufo, Director
Division of Applications Design and Development - Todd Couts, Director; Sarah Arceo, Deputy Director
Division of Information Technology Operations and Security - Donna Schmidt, Director
Division of Program and Project Management - Tina Darden, Director
Policy and Programs Group
Ellen Lukens, Director
Ann Vrabel, Acting Deputy Director
Division of Alternative Payment Model Infrastructure - Ann Vrabel, Director
Division of Stakeholder Engagement and Policy - Kathleen Dziak, Director
Division of Portfolio Management and Strategy - James Gerber, Director
Division of Data Analytics - Daniel Muldoon, Director
State Innovations Group
Rivka Friedman, Acting Director
Nina Brown-Ashford, Acting Deputy Director
Division of State Innovations Models - Allison Pompey, Director
Division of All-Payer Models - Rivka Friedman, Director
Functional Statement
- Identifies, validates and disseminates information about new care models and payment approaches to serve Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries seeking to enhance the quality of health and health care and reducing cost through improvement.
- Consults with representatives of relevant Federal agencies, and clinical and analytical experts with expertise in medicine and health care management, including providers, payers, states, businesses, and community agencies, to develop new and effective models of care.
- Creates and tests new models in clinical care, integrated care and community health, and disseminates information on these models through CMS, HHS, states, local organizations, and industry channels.
- Performs rapid cycle evaluation of innovation and demonstration activities to determine effectiveness and feasibility for broader dissemination, scale, and sustainability.
- Works closely with other CMS components and regional offices to study health care industry trends and data for the purposes of designing, implementing, and evaluating innovative payment and service delivery models, and to disseminate information about effective models.
- Creates and tests innovative payment and service delivery models, building collaborative learning networks to facilitate the collection and analysis of innovation, as well as the implementation of effective practices, and developing necessary technology to support this activity.
- Creates and tests innovative payment and service delivery models, developing fellows with expertise in innovation, demonstration and diffusion to help support the introduction of effective practices across the nation.
- Carries out core business functions (e.g., budget, facilities, HR, communications).