WASHINGTON: India-American health policy expert Dr.
Meena Sessamani, who is in charge of the leadership of the Health and Human Services (HHS) review team (HHS) Biden-Harris, has been appointed as Director of the US Medicare Center.
Sheshamani, 43, will lead the central effort in serving the people of 65 or more, people with disabilities and people with final stages of kidney disease that rely on Medicare coverage.
Dr.
Sewamani as Deputy Administrator and Director of the Center Medicare began on July 6.
“Dr.
Meena Sessamani brings its diverse background as health care executives, health economists, doctors and health policy experts to the CMS,” CMS (center for Medicare & Medicaid services) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-Lasure.
“Providing quality health care to people who rely on Medicare and advance health equity as we do is a priority for CMS.
I am happy to tell Dr.
Sewamani will bring his unique perspective on how health policies have an impact on the real life of patients with their leadership role as Deputy Administrator and Director of the Center of Medicare, “he said.
Sewanani who recently served as vice president of clinical care transformation in Medstar Health, where he conceptualized, designed, and implemented health-based care initiatives and value-based value and served on senior hospital leadership, 300+ health systems for outpatient care , said media release.
Service models and service lines under their leadership, including public health, geriatrics, and palliative care, have been nationally recognized by the Institute for improving health and others.
He also cared for patients as assistant professor otolaryngology-head and lead operations at the Georgetown University Medical School, he said.
Sewamani also brought decades of policy experience to his role, including recently serving on the leadership of the Body Review Team – Harris Transition Review HHS.
Before Medstar Health, he was the Director of the Health Reform Office in the US Department of Health and Humans, where he drove a strategy and led the implementation of affordable care laws in all departments, including coverage policies, shipping system reforms, and public health policies, said statement , He accepted it.
With Honors in Business Economics from Brown University, M.D.
From the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and Her Ph.D.
In the health economy from the University of Oxford, where he is a marshall scholar.
He completed his residency training in Otolaryngology-head and neck operations in Johns Hopkins University Medical School, and practiced as head and neck surgery in Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco.