Vikki Wachino is principal of Viaduct Consulting, LLC. Wachino has worked for more than 25 years to advance stronger health care policy for low-income people in the United States. As deputy administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services from 2015 to 2017, she oversaw all policy and operations for the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs and led implementation of major provisions of the Affordable Care Act, and her work there helped achieve the lowest rates of uninsurance in the nation’s history. Her current work focuses on public health, behavioral health, and the criminal justice system.
History of Employment
Position
Division
Organization
Start
End
CEO
Community Oriented Correctional Health Services
2020
Present
Principal
Viaduct Consulting LLC
2017
2020
Deputy Administrator and Director
Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services, US Department of Health and Human Services
2015
2017
Deputy Director
Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services
2014
2015
NORC at the University of Chicago
Senior Fellow
2013
2014
Director
Children and Adults Health Programs Group, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services
2009
2012
Principal
Wachino Health Policy Consulting
2006
2009
Health Policy Director
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
2004
2006
Associate Director
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Kaiser Family Foundation
2000
2004
Senior Advisor
US Office of Management and Budget
Executive Office of the President
1995
2000
Project Analyst
Division of Medical Assistance
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
1994
1995
Congressional Reporter
Home Health Line
1991
1992
Primary Policy Areas
Criminal Justice/Justice, Health Care, Nonprofit/Philanthropy, Poverty
Primary Sector of Expertise
Federal
Primary Functions
Budgeting and Finance, Change Management, Intergovernmental, Organizational Structure/Design/Development, Strategic Planning