Director, Division of Nursing Homes
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Evan serves as the Director for the Division of Nursing Homes in the Quality, Safety, and Oversight Group within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). In this role, Evan is responsible for overseeing programs that aim to improve and protect the health and safety of residents in our nation’s nursing homes. These programs include ensuring compliance with federal requirements for long term care facilities through the long term care survey process, and policies for imposing enforcement actions to remediate and deter noncompliance. He also leads public reporting programs, such as the payroll-based journal (PBJ) staffing reporting program, the Nursing Home Compare website and Five Star Quality Rating System. Evan began working at CMS in 2012 where he joined the Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office to manage a demonstration focused on reducing avoidable hospitalizations among Medicare-Medicaid enrollees in nursing homes. Prior to joining CMS, Evan worked for United Healthcare where he served as the Vice President of Product Development for their nursing home managed care plan. Evan has a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware and a Master’s degree in Health Systems Management from the University of Baltimore.
Tuesday, October 15
1:45 PM – 2:45 PM