Heidi Arndt

Heidi Arndt is the Director of the Division of Special Programs, Medicare Drug and Health Plan Contract Administration Group, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.   In her seven years at CMS, Heidi has worked in various positions across the three centers and the regional office with responsibilities that have included Medicare fee schedule development, oversight of long term care enforcement and State relations in Medicaid, and oversight of Medicare Advantage deeming and targeted appeals monitoring.  She joined the Medicare Drug and Health Plan Administration Group as Director of the Division of Special Programs in February 2009.  Prior to coming to CMS, Heidi worked for Ernst and Young as a health care consultant, the Governor of Pennsylvania as a Bureau Director of Quality - a part of State Medicaid reform efforts, and for two private insurance plans overseeing the operations of Medicare and Medicaid products.  Heidi has a Masters in Health Administration and Policy from George Washington University School of Medicine.