CMS Names Wachino Permanent Medicaid Chief

CMS named Vikki Wachino director of the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services Friday (April 17), and the National Association of Medicaid Directors applauded the move. Wachino served as the deputy director for the center, as well as the acting director before the agency named her permanent director, and NAMD says she has “already proven her capacity to lead” the agency. “Vikki has been CMCS Acting Director for the last couple of months where I have had an opportunity to...