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What does a former Seema Verma advisor think of Brooks-LaSure, the incoming CMS administrator? What does a former Seema Verma advisor think of Brooks-LaSure, the incoming CMS administrator? To know how Chiquita Brooks-LaSure will lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, we sat down with Matthew Hittle, a former senior adviser to Seema Verma, who led the agency under the former president. Shares0 HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and Chiquita Brooks-LaSure at her swearing in ceremony on ...

Home and community-based services emerge as roadblocks for progress on the infrastructure legislative package. Chiquita Brooks-LaSure steps into role as the Administrator for the Centers for CMS, Medicaid expansion efforts being stalled in many states,

Long-term care stakeholders said they’re eager to work with the next administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid after she was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday.  Chiquita Brooks-LaSure’s nomination was approved 55-44, with four Republicans joining Democrats to vote yes, during a late-morning vote. She takes the reins of the nursing home industry’s top regulatory and funding agency and its $1 trillion budget. CMS nominee Chiquita Brooks-LaSure speaks during her A...

NCPA May 26, 2021 It’s Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, a public policy veteran who worked in the Office of Management and Budget as a Medicaid analyst before moving on to serve as deputy director for policy at the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight during the Obama administration. As CMS administrator, Brooks-LaSure will have extensive oversight over the massive Medicare and Medicaid insurance programs and the exchanges set up by the Afforda...

Providers and others applaud Brooks-LaSure’s work on the ACA and her advocacy on health equity issues and for the underserved.

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Around the nation: Senate confirms Brooks-LaSure to lead CMS ⋮ The Senate on Tuesday voted 55-44 to confirm Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to lead CMS, in todays bite-sized hospital and health industry news from New Jersey, the District of Columbia, and West Virginia. Washington, D.C.: The Senate on Tuesday voted 55-44 to confirm Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to lead CMS, where she will be charged with overseeing Medicare, Medicaid, and key pieces of the Affordable Care Act, among other responsibiliti...

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure was confirmed as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services by the U.S. Senate Tuesday morning. Her nomination was approved 55-44 with four yes votes from Republicans, Sens. Roy Blunt (MO), Richard Burr (NC), Jerry Moran (KS) and Lisa Murkowski (AK).

Dive Brief: The Senate has confirmed health policy veteran Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as the Biden administrations head of CMS, following a drawn-out approval process. As CMS administrator, Brooks-LaSure will have extensive oversight over the massive Medicare and Medicaid insurance programs and the exchanges set up by the Affordable Care Act. The body voted 55-44 to confirm the nominee Tuesday morning. A majority of the Senate on Monday voted to limit debate on her nomination, queuing up Tuesdays ...

European spirits producers increase on-pack energy labelling European spirits producers are making progress with their commitment to provide energy information on labels: with around 1 in 4 bottles now displaying such information. In Europe, alcoholic drinks do not have to provide the same nutritional informational and ingredients listings as non-alcoholic drinks. There is a growing movement, however, to voluntarily provide consumers with such information in order t...