Andy Slavitt

Andy Slavitt
Residence Edina, Minnesota
Alma mater University of Pennsylvania
The Wharton School
Harvard Business School
Occupation Acting Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Years active 1999-present
Employer Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services
Predecessor Marilyn Tavenner
Board member of Hope Street Group
The Itasca Project
Major Gift Committee at the University of Pennsylvania
Capella University

Andy Slavitt is the Acting Administrator at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, a position he has held since May, 2014. A leader of the team which repaired healthcare.gov after its problematic rollout, he was nominated by Barack Obama to run Medicare and Medicaid in July 2015.[1][2][3]

Slavitt was previously executive vice president for Optum, a subsidiary of United Health Group, and CEO of Optum Insight. In 1999 he founded Health Allies, a healthcare company, and served as its CEO until 2006, when the company was acquired by United Health.[4][5] Earlier in his career, he was a strategy consultant with McKinsey & Company, and an investment banker with Goldman Sachs.[6] [7]

Slavitt graduated from The College of Arts and Sciences and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and earned an MBA at the Harvard Business School.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Tracer, Zachary (July 9, 2015). "Obama Nominates Andy Slavitt to Run Medicare, Medicaid Agency". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  2. ↑ O'Donnell, Jayne (February 23, 2015). "Changes at the top of Medicare, Medicaid agency". USA Today. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Cooney, Peter (July 9, 2015). "Obamacare acting administrator Slavitt nominated to head agency". CNBC. Reuters. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Pear, Robert (June 20, 2014). "Health Site Is Changing Supervision". New York Times. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  5. ↑ Crosby, Jackie (June 20, 2014). "Optum executive takes federal appointment". Minneapolis Star Tribune. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Herzlinger, Regina E. (April 9, 2004). Consumer-Driven Health Care: Implications for Providers, Payers, and Policy-Makers. Jossey Bass. p. 137. ISBN 0787952583. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  7. ↑ HME News Staff (July 10, 2015). "Obama makes his pick for CMS administrator". HME News. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  8. ↑ Morgan, David (June 20, 2014). "U.S. creates new CEO position for Obamacare insurance market". Reuters. Retrieved 12 September 2015.


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