Andrea Fletcher, Chief Digital Strategy Officer at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is being honored in Category 3: Using Innovation, Data, and Breaking Down Organizational Barriers for her groundbreaking leadership in open-source innovation, emerging technology, and talent modernization across federal healthcare IT.

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Under Andrea’s direction, CMS launched the first federal Open Source Program Office (OSPO), accelerating software reuse, transparency, and collaboration across government and industry. These efforts have saved an estimated 193,000+ hours and $77.85 million while improving healthcare IT services for over 180 million Americans.

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She has also led efforts to recruit a new generation of technologists into government, co-leads an AI workforce initiative, and introduced tools like SMEQA to streamline hiring. Her forward-thinking approach is transforming how CMS delivers digital services, making them faster, more secure, cost-effective, and responsive to the needs of the public and the providers who serve them.