The agency review team list for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) appears to be heavy on the names of people who have come out of the worlds of academia, government and health care delivery.

One volunteer on the HHS team, Mina Hsiang, is vice president of policy and government affairs at Devoted Health. The Waltham, Massachusetts-based organization runs a Medicare Advantage health maintenance organization aimed at people who are eligible both for Medicare and for Medicaid.

From 2013 through 2015, Hsiang was vice president of market strategy and analytics at Optum, which is part of UnitedHealth Group.

Devoted Health's top investor has been Andreessen Horowitz. One of the members of the company's board is Kathleen Sebelius, who was president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in 2001. Sebelius has also been the governor of Kansas and the HHS Secretary.
One of the volunteers on the U.S. Treasury Department agency review team is Liyan David Chang, who is an engineer at Devoted Health. From January 2014 through February 2015, Chang worked on fixing HealthCare.gov bugs.
Keia Cole, head of digital experience at Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, is a volunteer on the U.S. Department of Education review team.
Matt Collier, a senior director at Prudential PLC, the parent of Jackson National, is a volunteer on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management review team.

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