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ACA Champion Brooks-LaSure Confirmed As CMS Chief On 55-44 Senate Vote

 
• By Shawn M. Schmitt

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, a key player in the passing and implementation of the Affordable Care Act, was confirmed on 25 May as the next administrator of the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. At least one industry group is already nudging her to put the Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technology (MCIT) rule for breakthrough devices into effect.

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure appears during an April Senate hearing for her nomination to be CMS administrator.
Brooks-LaSure at an April Senate hearing for her nomination to be CMS administrator • Source: Alamy

The US Senate on 25 May confirmed Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as the next administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

The vote was 55-44, with five Republicans joining all Democrats in Brooks-LaSure’s confirmation. She replaces acting CMS chief Liz Richter.

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