Lee Ann Crochunis is the Director of the Applications Management Group in the Office of Information
Technology where she is responsible for the management and operations of a complex suite of
Information Technology Systems that support the Medicare program and CMS.
Lee Ann initially began her career at CMS as a data analyst. Over the next 15 years, she worked on a
wide-range of activities such as Medicare Program Integrity, Y2K oversight and agency-wide risk and
project management. Later, she served as a Division Director overseeing change management for the
Medicare fee-for-service program; analysis and planning for the procurement and implementation of
Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs); performance assessment of legacy carriers and fiscal
intermediaries; and contract performance and IT security compliance for the MACs.
Lee Ann left CMS to spend 10 years working part-time in the private industry focusing on helping
companies design and deliver IT support solutions for CMS and other federal agencies. During that time,
she served as Chief Growth Officer for an 8(a) company as well as directed projects for several contracts
with CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator. After her hiatus from CMS, she returned in 2018,
serving as the Deputy Director of the Division of Shared Systems Management as well as the Chief
Program Officer of the Medicare Payment System Modernization effort before moving into her current
role.
Lee Ann holds a BA in mathematics from the University of Maryland Baltimore County and an MBA from
the University of Baltimore