Kimberly Brandt is CMS’s Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer. Previously, she was a Partner at the Washington, D.C.-based policy firm Tarplin, Downs & Young, LLC, where she provided strategic advice on a broad array of healthcare regulatory, enforcement, and policy matters. She also served as an Advisor to the private equity firm Enhanced Healthcare Partners, a private equity firm focused on healthcare and held board positions at two of its portfolio companies. 

Kim has held multiple senior executive positions in government, including serving as Principal Deputy Administrator for Policy and Operations during the first Trump Administration.  In that role she oversaw all activities necessary for the operation and management of CMS’s $1.4T budget in addition to leading efforts to reform the Physician Self-referral regulations and develop the first CMS interoperability rule.  Kim previously served as Chief Oversight Counsel and General Counsel on the staff of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee where she led multiple healthcare investigations, the investigation into IRS political targeting and oversaw the political nominations process. Before joining the Finance Committee staff, Kim was a Senior Counsel at Alston & Bird in Washington, D.C. Her previous government service includes serving as the CMS Director of the Medicare Program Integrity Group and working at the HHS Office of Inspector General as a Senior Counsel and Director of External Affairs.  Kim has a JD with a concentration in health law and an MA in legislative affairs.

Dr. Jay Rajda is a senior physician executive at Amazon Web Services, and is responsible for helping global payors and government health agencies adopt technology solutions to meet their strategic objectives.

Prior to this, as Principal Clinical Leader for Amazon Health Services, Dr. Rajda provided clinical leadership for business development and partnerships at Amazon’s virtual-first primary care business. Prior to joining Amazon, Dr. Rajda had several leadership roles at Aetna and CVS Health, where he led population health management initiatives, developed clinical analytic models focused on clinical decision support and prospective risk prediction, and executed innovative value-based contracting models. He also provided leadership for development of virtual care strategies and digital health products and services.

Board-certified in Internal Medicine and Clinical Informatics, Dr. Rajda is a licensed physician in New York. He previously practiced primary care and internal medicine, and served as Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Rochester. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Mumbai and MBA from the University of Rochester.