Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has appointed Cindy Mann to serve as director of the Center for Medicaid and State Operations, part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
An attorney, Mann most recently served as a research professor and executive director of the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute.
"Cindy Mann has decades of experience in healthcare financing at the federal and state level and vast knowledge of healthcare policy," said Sebelius. "She has devoted her career to working on behalf of children and families, the elderly and people with disabilities. She will be an outstanding leader at CMSO, particularly as the nation moves forward with healthcare reform."
Mann served as director of the Family and Children's Health Programs at CMSO from 1999-2001. In that capacity she played a key role in implementing Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.
"Cindy has been instrumental in recent efforts to expand healthcare coverage in our country," said Sebelius. "Her knowledge of healthcare issues and management experience will be a great asset to CMSO and to the millions of Americans who rely on Medicaid."
Mann's research has focused on health coverage, financing and access issues affecting low-income populations. She has written extensively on these issues – and on how they relate to the Medicaid and CHIP, in particular – and has worked with state and federal policymakers and program administrators on the design and implementation of Medicaid and CHIP.