Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Leadership
Dr. Mehmet Oz, Administrator
Dr. Oz serves as the 17th Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services under HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy, Jr., and President Donald Trump. He is a Professor Emeritus at NY Presbyterian-Columbia Medical Center and has won nine Daytime Emmy® Awards.
Dr. Oz received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and obtained a joint MD and MBA from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Wharton Business School.
He is the author of eight New York Times Best Sellers and was a founder of a lifestyle magazine with a focus that extends well beyond health and wellness to relationships, beauty, food and home.
In 2003, Dr. Oz founded a national non-profit which emulates the Peace Corps by putting energetic recent college graduates into high schools around the country to teach diet, fitness and mental resilience. He has raised $100 million to help 3 million teens with this nationwide program.
In addition to belonging to every major professional society for heart surgeons, Dr. Oz has been named Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People, Forbes’ most influential celebrity, Esquire magazine’s 75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century, Harvard’s 100 Most Influential Alumni, AARP 50 Influential People Over 50, and received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor and a Hollywood Walk of Fame Star.
Dr. Oz resides in Pennsylvania with his wife Lisa Oz and is a proud father of four and grandfather of five children.
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Centers for Medicaid & CHIP Services Leadership
Drew Snyder, Deputy Administrator and Director
Drew Snyder is the Deputy Administrator and Director of the Center for Medicaid & CHIP Services (CMCS), where he serves as the Center’s senior executive overseeing the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which provides coverage for nearly 80 million Americans.
Drew served as Executive Director of the Mississippi Division of Medicaid from January 2018 through October 2024. There he worked with the Division of Medicaid team, health care professionals, state leaders, and other partners to enhance value and elevate quality in the Mississippi Medicaid program. During his tenure, he spearheaded reforms to enable the Mississippi Division of Medicaid to better prioritize resources and cost savings and develop increased efficiencies. Under his direction, Mississippi Medicaid increased quality-based provider reimbursements, implemented more rigorous oversight of vendors, adopted new policies making it easier for members to access services, and overhauled digital operations.
Prior to serving as Executive Director, Drew served as the Mississippi Governor’s Deputy Chief of Staff, Policy Director, and Legal Counsel. Prior to joining the Governor’s Office, he served as an Assistant Secretary of State for Mississippi. Before entering the public sector, he worked as national council on complex civil litigation for private clients in the healthcare industry.
A native of Mississippi, Drew earned his law degree from the University of Virginia and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Mississippi.
Anne Marie Costello, Deputy Director
Anne Marie Costello serves as Deputy Director for the Center for Medicaid & CHIP Services (CMCS) within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Previously, Anne Marie was Director of the Children and Adults Health Programs Group (CAHPG) in CMCS. There, she directed CMS’s work on eligibility, enrollment, quality of care measurement, and quality improvement initiatives for children and adults served by Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and the Basic Health Program (BHP), leading the development of national policy for low-income children and adults enrolled in Medicaid, CHIP, and BHP. She led the implementation of quality improvement initiatives on maternal and child health, children’s oral health and prevention, and special initiatives related to the Agency’s response to the Zika virus and the Flint water crisis.
Anne Marie is a nationally recognized expert on health policy and has extensive experience implementing Medicaid, CHIP, and BHP policies and operations at the federal and state levels. Before joining CMS, she held a number of leadership positions in state and local government and in the nonprofit sector. Anne Marie also served as the Director of the Bureau of Compliance at the New York State Department of Health. She was responsible for oversight of Medicaid policy implementation in New York City and implementation of statewide outreach and enrollment initiatives.
Anne Marie holds a Master of Public Health degree from Hunter College.
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Sara Vitolo, Deputy Director
Sara Vitolo is the Deputy Director for the Center for Medicaid & CHIP Services (CMCS) within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Prior to joining CMCS, Sara was Deputy Director of the Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office (MMCO) within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The Office works to bring together Medicare and Medicaid to effectively integrate benefits, eliminate administrative and regulatory barriers, and improve coordination between the Federal Government and states, enhancing access to quality services for over 12 million individuals who are enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid.
Before joining MMCO in 2015, Sara worked at the White House Office of Management and Budget in the Health Division, where she focused on Medicare policy. Within CMS, Sara previously served as Special Assistant to the Principal Deputy Administrator of CMS, as Acting Deputy Director of the Medicare Division of Acute Care leading the development of inpatient hospital payment policy, and as an analyst in the Medicare Division of Practitioner Services working on physician fee schedule rate-setting and payment policy.
Prior to Federal service, Sara helped build global health programs at IntraHealth International. Sara received a B.S. in Biology from Stonehill College and an M.S.P.H. in Health Policy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Jessica Lee, M.D., Chief Medical Officer
Jessica Lee, MD, MSHP is the Chief Medical Officer for Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, where she leads the center's clinical strategy. Dr. Lee was previously the medical officer in the Division of Quality and Health Outcomes at CMCS, where she led initiatives in quality measures and quality improvement.
Dr. Lee has deep expertise in clinical medicine and quality, and a background in health policy at the health system, state, and federal levels. She has served as a senior health policy analyst at the Government Accountability Office, focusing on payment policy, and has conducted grant-funded research focused on the intersection of health care delivery systems and population health.
Dr. Lee continues to care for patients as a practicing pulmonologist at the University of Pennsylvania and ICU physician at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center in Philadelphia. She earned her A.B. with honors from Harvard College and her M.D. from the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She completed internal medicine residency at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and pulmonary and critical care fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania.
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