The Intersection of Integrative Medicine, Health Policy, and Advancing Care in Chronic Conditions

Shari Ling, M.D., the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, offers perspective on: the CMS’ statutory authorities, roles, and processes; key Medicare & Medicaid covered services and supports; and the CMS Behavioral Health Strategy, actions, opportunities and challenges.

Presented by the Osher Center for Integrative Health at UVM, this event is part of the Laura Mann Lecture Series for Integrative Healthcare.

Dr. Shari M. Ling is the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and Medical Officer in the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ). She assists the CMS Chief Medical Officer in the Agency’s pursuit of better health care, healthier populations, and smarter spending. Dr. Ling represents CMS on several Health and Human Services (HHS) efforts. She leads the Clinical Services federal workgroup for the National Alzheimer’s Project Plan, and represents CMS on the workgroups to eliminate and prevent Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) and the National Strategy to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance.

Dr. Ling is a board certified Geriatrician, Rheumatologist and Internist who received her medical training at Georgetown University School of Medicine and received her clinical training in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology at Georgetown University Medical Center, and Geriatric Medicine training at Johns Hopkins University.

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I appreciate this discussion today. I have been out of touch with Medicare provisions for a while, and it is nice to have this explanation of how the program works.