June 03, 2021
Seema Verma, former administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, shares what drives her to work in healthcare policy, her goals while serving on the board of directors for both Lumeris and Monogram Health, her thoughts on the Biden Administration, and advice for future leaders.
Since the beginning, Seema Verma’s career has been steeped in healthcare policy work.
She obtained a bachelor’s degree in life sciences from the University of Maryland, College Park, as well as a Master of Public Health, with a concentration in health policy and management, from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.
In her early career, she served as vice president of the Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County and worked at the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials in Washington, D.C. In 2001, she founded a health policy consulting firm, SVC, Inc., an organization she was a part of until serving as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) under former President Donald Trump from 2017 to 2021.
Now, she serves as a health policy expert, consultant, and board member for both Lumeris and Monogram Health.
In a conversation with HealthLeaders, Administrator Verma shares what drives her to work in healthcare policy, her goals while serving on the board of directors for both Lumeris and Monogram Health, her thoughts on the Biden Administration, and advice for future leaders.
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