Tamara Syrek Jensen

Director, Coverage and Analysis Group (CAG) | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Tamara Syrek Jensen is the acting director for the Coverage and Analysis Group (CAG) at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). CAG develops, interprets, communicates, and updates evidence based national coverage policies. These policies help provide timely access to reasonable and necessary services and technologies to improve health outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries.
 Before her current position at CAG, she was the Special Assistant for the CMS Chief Medical Officer and Director of Office of Clinical Standards and Quality (OCSQ). Prior to working at CMS, she worked as a legislative assistant in the U.S. House of Representatives. Tamara is an attorney, licensed in Maryland.