Kimberly Brandt May Be Tapped As Chief Operating Officer At CMS In Trump’s Team Shuffle

Kimberly Brandt, a former top CMS official, may become the agency’s chief operating officer under the Trump administration, a former CMS senior official tells Inside Health Policy . Stephanie Carlton, a former Senate Finance staffer, is expected to serve as chief of staff to Trump’s CMS nominee Mehmet Oz, while John Brooks, a senior Medicare official during Trump’s first term who later advised HHS Secretary Alex Azar on drug pricing, will lead the HHS landing team, the former official said...