Michael Cimmino is the Director of CMS’ National Standards Group, as well as the Acting Director for the Health Informatics and Interoperability Group, both within the Office of Healthcare Experience and Interoperability (OHEI). Prior to serving in this role, Michael served as the Deputy Director for the Division of Quality and Compliance within the Provider Enrollment and Oversight Group (PEOG) in the Center for Program Integrity (CPI) at CMS. Michael’s past work has included developing enrollment policies and procedures directed at identifying and addressing vulnerabilities across the Medicare and Medicaid programs. He also worked to provide outreach and education to the State Medicaid and provider community on federal requirements such as NPI enumeration, claims payment, and managed care enrollment. Prior to the Division of Quality and Compliance, Michael served as the Deputy Director for the Division of Enrollment Operations, also in PEOG and CPI. In this role, Michael’s work included establishing stronger partnerships between State Medicaid Agencies and CMS, as well as working closely with pharmacy and managed care stakeholders and across CMS to develop and implement stronger program integrity provisions in Medicare Parts C and D. Michael has spent the past 13 years working on a variety of initiatives in Medicare and Medicaid both at the federal and state level. His work at the state level included implementation of Affordable Care Act mandated provider screening and enrollment requirements as well as a number of compliance activities such as provider audits.