Chris Klomp, a health-care entrepreneur, would lead the roughly $1 trillion Medicare program, which provides health coverage to about 68 million Americans. Abe Sutton, a veteran of the first Trump administration, would oversee Medicare’s innovation center, which tests new ways to deliver care to patients. Stephanie Carlton, a longtime McKinsey consultant and former GOP Senate staffer, would serve as Oz’s chief of staff, helping run the vast agency that also has responsibility for Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.
Klomp, Sutton and Carlton did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Their proposed appointments are not finalized and are subject to further review, according to the people with knowledge of the planned selections. STAT News reported Tuesday night that Sutton was Trump’s pick to run the innovation center.
Spokespeople for the Trump transition team did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Meena Seshamani, who led Medicare under President Joe Biden before leaving the administration, said in a brief interview Tuesday that holding a senior role in the agency requires the ability to make pragmatic, data-driven improvements; coordinate closely with the agency’s many career officials; and remain “open and listening” to the many health-care providers and patients who depend on the program.
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