Center for Program Integrity

Jeneen Iwugo is the Acting Director of the Center for Program Integrity, with executive responsibility for operational leadership and execution of the Center’s $1 billion annual budget and resource management of over 500 FTEs.  Jeneen has over 20 years of government leadership, operations management, and policy development expertise.

Throughout her federal career, Jeneen has led healthcare quality innovation, beneficiary complaint and appeal reviews, redesign of large-scale contractor oversight and fiscal accountability procedures, and organizational change management efforts. Jeneen designed fundamental changes to the Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) statute and led a substantial revision to the QIO program eligibility regulations which dramatically expanded program requirements and broadened the pool of organizations with which the agency can establish contracts. Jeneen brings a proven ability to align programs with evolving agency priorities and objectives. With a reputation for candor and transparency, Jeneen has a track record of successfully meeting and exceeding agency operational goals with proven results.

Jennifer Dupee is the Deputy Director of the Center for Program Integrity (CPI).  In her role, Jennifer develops comprehensive mitigation strategies to address complex program integrity risks for all of CMS' programs. This includes provider investigations, state and plan audits, medical review, data analytics, and policy development. Jennifer has 15 years of government leadership experience that has spanned all facets of program integrity in Medicare, Medicaid and the Marketplace. Before joining CMS, Jennifer worked as a registered nurse on a general medicine and cardiology inpatient hospital unit. Jennifer earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Wisconsin, a Master of Science in Nursing and Master of Business Administration from Johns Hopkins University, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland School of Law.

Larry Young is the Acting Deputy Center Director of the Center for Program Integrity (CPI). Larry brings over 35 years of leadership experience in Medicare and health administration across both Fee-For-Service (FFS) and Medicare Managed Care environments. Prior to joining CPI, Larry served as the Deputy Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Deputy Director of OFM, where he was accountable for planning, directing, and coordinating the Agency's comprehensive financial management functions, including the CMS Budget to Congress.

Prior to his role in OFM, Larry served as the Group Director for the Medicare Contractor Management Group from November 2014 to June 2023, where he provided executive leadership over 110 CMS staff responsible for the ongoing operations of the Medicare FFS program. In this capacity, he oversaw 16 Medicare Administrative Contracts (MACs) with contract values exceeding $11.1 billion, managing approximately 9,000 employees nationwide who process about 1.1 billion claims and pay out over $400 billion in claim benefits annually.

• Serves as CMS' focal point for all national and State-wide Medicare and Medicaid programs and CHIP integrity fraud and abuse issues.
• Promotes the integrity of the Medicare and Medicaid programs and CHIP through provider/contractor audits and policy reviews, identification and monitoring of program vulnerabilities, and providing support and assistance to States. Recommends modifications to programs and operations as necessary and works with CMS Centers, Offices, and the Chief Operating Officer (COO) to affect changes as appropriate. Collaborates with the Office of Legislation on the development and advancement of new legislative initiatives and improvements to deter, reduce, and eliminate fraud, waste and abuse.
• Oversees all CMS interactions and collaboration with key stakeholders relating to program integrity (i.e., U.S. Department of Justice, DHHS Office of Inspector General, State law enforcement agencies, other Federal entities, CMS components) for the purposes of detecting, deterring, monitoring and combating fraud and abuse, as well as taking action against those that commit or participate in fraudulent or other unlawful activities.
• In collaboration with other CMS Centers, Offices, and the COO, develops and implements a comprehensive strategic plan, objectives and measures to carry out CMS' Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP program integrity mission and goals, and ensure program vulnerabilities are identified and resolved.