CMS named Paul Mango its chief of staff and chief principal deputy administrator as part of its new leadership team.
Four quick notes about Mr. Mango:
1. He is a former consultant with more than three decades of healthcare experience.
2. Before joining CMS, he worked at McKinsey & Co. as a senior partner. He also served within the firm's U.S. and global healthcare practices and as head of McKinsey's U.S. Center for Health Reform.
3. Mr. Mango is a veteran of the 82nd Airborne Division and graduated from U.S. Army Ranger School; the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he was a Distinguished Cadet; and Harvard Business School in Boston.
4. He vied for governor of Pennsylvania but lost the three-candidate May 15 Republican primary to Scott Wagner. During his campaign, Mr. Mango showed support for work requirements for able-bodied adult Medicaid beneficiaries, according to The Inquirer.
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