Medicare Agency Taps NIH Official as Minority Health Director

Martin Mendoza has been named the new permanent director of the Office of Minority Health at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the agency announced Monday.

Mendoza previously served as the first director of health equity for the “All of Us” research program at the National Institutes of Health. There, he provided leadership and expertise on efforts to improve inclusion and equity in precision medicine.

In his new role, Dr. Mendoza will lead efforts at the CMS minority health office to advance and integrate health equity “in the development, evaluation, and implementation of CMS’s policies, programs, and ...