Career Seema Verma

1 career

1.1 career
1.2 svc inc.
1.3 centers medicare , medicaid services

career
early career

verma worked health & hospital corporation of marion county vice president of planning , @ association of state , territorial health officials in washington, dc.

svc inc.

verma founded health policy consulting firm svc inc. in june 2001. president , ceo of company, has worked state insurance agencies , public health agencies in preparation implementation of affordable care act (obamacare), , assisted indiana , kentucky, other states, in design of medicaid expansion programs under aca. in work indiana, ohio, , kentucky developed medicaid reform programs use of section 1115 waiver process. 1115 waiver, needs approved centers medicare , medicaid services (cms), allows states pursue customized programs diverge standard program under aca statutory guidelines. in case of ohio, program not implemented, because cms denied state s 1115 waiver application; kentucky s application still pending of april 2017. verma s firm provided technical assistance state of michigan in implementation of 1115 medicaid waiver, assisted tennessee in coverage expansion proposal, , supported iowa s medicaid transition managed care. verma , svc have worked companies such electronic data systems (eds), hewlett packard enterprises (hp), milliman, highpoint global, roche diagnostics, health management associates (hma), , maximus.

verma established reputation work on indiana s redesigned medicaid program. first worked indiana governor mitch daniels on health care policy, , architect of health insurance pilot program known healthy indiana plan , received support indiana legislature , passed law in january 2008. designed people low income, plan requires participants pay health savings account , has high deductibles. according verma, have make contribution every month, 60-day grace period. if don t make contribution, re out of program 12 months. s strong personal responsibility mechanism. later, following passage of affordable care act, in 2010, worked daniels, , successor, governor mike pence, in creating related healthy indiana plan 2.0 , alternative medicaid expansion utilizes 1115 waiver.

in 2014, article in indianapolis star raised concerns on potential conflict of interest arising verma s dual roles both health care consultant indiana , employee of hewlett-packard division among indiana s largest medicaid vendors. of 2014, svc inc. had been awarded on $3.5 million in indiana state contracts. verma concurrently employed hewlett-packard, earning on $1 million during period when company had secured $500 million in state contracts.

verma participant in republican governor s public policy committee on medicaid reform. contributed report new medicaid: flexible, innovative , accountable future. verma has presented medicaid task force of committee on energy , commerce , provided testimony before u.s. house energy subcommittee on health.

centers medicare , medicaid services

verma in 2016

on november 29, 2016, president-elect donald trump nominated verma serve administrator of centers medicare , medicaid services, health department agency oversees obamacare insurance markets, medicare, , medicaid. on march 13, 2017, united states senate confirmed nomination in 55-43 vote. 1 of first actions send letter nation s governors urging them impose insurance premiums medicaid, charge medicaid recipients emergency room visits, , encourage recipients jobs or job training.

verma being sworn in vice president mike pence on march 14, 2017.