Patrick Conway, MD. Deputy Administrator for Innovation & Quality of CMS and CMO of CMS.
The offices led by Dr. Conway — the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation — are responsible for all quality measures for CMS. The offices are a major force for quality and transformation throughout the U.S. healthcare system. From 2007 to 2008, Dr. Conway was a White House fellow assigned to the Office of Secretary in HHS and the director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Dr. Conway has published numerous articles in periodicals like JAMA, New England Journal of Medicine and Pediatrics. He has also given national presentations on quality of care. Dr. Conway has been previously honored with the HHS Secretary's Award for Distinguished Service — the secretary's highest distinction of excellence.