Elizabeth Richter
{{short description|Former acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services}}
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| name = Elizabeth Richter
| image = Liz Richter.png
| office = Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
| status = Acting
| president = Joe Biden
| deputy = {{ubl|
- Demetrios Kouzoukas
- Jeff Wu (acting){{cite web|url=https://www.cms.gov/node/102176|title=Jeff Wu|accessdate=14 February 2021}}
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| term_start = January 20, 2021
| term_end = May 27, 2021
| predecessor = Seema Verma
| successor = Chiquita Brooks-LaSure
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Elizabeth Richter is an American government official who served as the acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from January to May 2021.{{cite web |last1=Lagasse |first1=Jeff |title=Elizabeth Richter named interim head of CMS as Biden transitions to new era |url=https://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/elizabeth-richter-named-interim-head-cms-biden-transitions-new-era |website=Healthcare Finance |access-date=30 January 2021}}
Career
Richter has served with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services since she joined the Bureau of Policy Development in 1990.{{cite web|url=https://www.cms.gov/About-CMS/Leadership/index|title=Acting Administrator|access-date=30 January 2021}} In 1998, she transferred to the Office of Financial Management, where three years later she became the Director of the Financial Services Group. In 2003, Richter became the Director of the Hospital and Ambulatory Policy Group. Most recently, she has served as the deputy director of the Center for Medicare since 2007.{{cite web|url=https://www.cms.gov/about-cms/leadership/center-medicare|title=Center for Medicare|access-date=30 January 2021}} In 2021, Joe Biden appointed Richter to succeed Seema Verma as acting administrator until a permanent administrator is confirmed.{{cite news|url=https://skillednursingnews.com/2021/01/richter-to-lead-cms-on-acting-basis-under-new-biden-administration/|title=Richter to Lead CMS on Acting Basis Under New Biden Administration|date=20 January 2021|publisher=Skilled Nursing News|access-date=20 January 2021}} Richter stayed in that office until her successor, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure was confirmed and sworn in on May 27, 2021.
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Category:American health care chief executives
Category:American women chief executives
Category:Biden administration personnel
Category:United States Department of Health and Human Services officials