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Director
Division of Community Systems Transformation
Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group
Centers for Medicaid and CHIP Services
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
7500 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21244
Phone: 410/786-2267
E-mail: Michael.Smith1@cms.hhs.gov

Michael R. Smith, MPA, is director of the Division of Community Systems Transformation in the Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). He is responsible for directing the division's grant programs and the efforts to diffuse learning from the demonstrations into Medicaid programs. Prior to employment with CMS, he served in leadership capacities within county, state, and non-profit organizations as a deputy administrator, chief of staff, and executive director, respectively. Integrating community-based, Medicaid-funded programs and services into the fabric of everyday life for people with disabilities is the focus of his career. He has an undergraduate degree in psychology with a minor in industrial organizational psychology from California University of Pennsylvania and a graduate degree in public administration from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania.