Anthony Rodgers has over 30 years of healthcare executive management experience in public hospital systems, health plans, and Medicaid Programs. In March 2010, he was appointed to the position of CMS Deputy Administrator for the Center for Strategic Planning and Innovation. In this position he is responsible for enterprise wide strategic planning, Medicare and Medicaid research and demonstrations, policy research and development, and CMS enterprise decision support.

Previously Mr. Rodgers was a Principal with the national consulting firm Health Management Associates. Mr. Rodgers also held the position of Agency Director of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS). In this role he was responsible for the Arizona Medicaid and Children Health Insurance Program.

As the Medicaid/CHIP agency director, Mr. Rodgers reported to the Governor and is responsible for health coverage for over 1.3 million Arizonans. The agency administered multiple sources of governmental and private funds and was responsible for oversight and compliance of Medicaid managed care health plans and health care providers to assure quality of care, fiscal accountability, and cost containment. Mr. Rodgers is also Chair of the Multi-State Collaboration on Medicaid Health System Transformation and was a member of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics.

Mr. Rodgers has a Master of Science degree in public health and BA degree in Economics and Political Science from UCLA. He holds visiting professor appointments at Arizona State University, the W.P Carey School of Business and at UCLA School of Public Health.