CMS Master Class - Budget, Leadership and Technical Evaluation Panel Seminar and Workshop

This newly developed CMS Master Class Budget, Leadership and Technical Proposal Evaluation (BLT) Seminar and Workshop and more was prepared specifically for CMS contractors. At this full day training Master Class BLT Seminar and Workshop, you are going to learn from former CMS leaders who are experts in their respective areas. We'll dive into the activities that take place in the CMS offices during the budget process. You will get a retrospective review how leadership decisions are made throughout the Agency. During our unique afternoon workshop, you will become a CMS technical panel member, receiving the same instruction and learning the exact processes CMS uses to evaluate proposals. In addition, there will be many more CMS-centered acquisition learning activities to help you to understand and capture business at the Agency. We're even going to have a special lunch speaker to provide a full day of learning.

Go to htpps://www.barcba.com for more information and to register.

This full one-day Master Class BLT Seminar and Workshop will include over 200 originally developed and copyrighted PowerPoint slides. They were designed and developed specifically for this seminar and workshop for the CMS contractor community. The information does not formally exist anywhere, not even at CMS. The training material is only available at this Master Class BLT seminar and workshop. We put this information together to help build a more knowledgeable contracting community which will benefit your business, CMS, and the stakeholders served by CMS.

This one day event will be held on November 5th and November 7th, 2018. Choose your date.

Go to https://www.barcba.com and discover the CMS experts who will teaching and training you at this event. You will also be provided a binder of all of the copyrighted material that is originally prepared material and information for the attendees.

If you have any questions, contact event organizer, author and former CMS contracting official Brian hebbel at [email protected] or at 410 419 4627.

It is going to be a great seminar and workshop event!

Speaker and Presenter Information

Brian Hebbel

The event organizer and Master of Ceremonies for this event is former CMS acquisition expert and author, Brian Hebbel, President of BARC Business Advisors, LLC. He developed this seminar and workshop to serve the needs of industry. The event is designed to educate attendees and provide them a competitive advantage in the marketplace.

Jeff Clark

Jeff served as CMS' Director of Budget Execution, managing the Agency's annual $1 trillion budget for 18 years. He was directly responsible for developing the CMS annual budget operating plan and allocating available funding.

Debbra Hattery

Debbra "Debbie" was part of the CMS' Senior Executive Service (SES) where she most recently served as the Deputy Director for the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ). Her major responsibilities included oversight and leadership direction for the operations of the Center's budgets, contracts, personnel, and information systems, as well as representing the Center on several executive level steering committees.

Debbra Hattery

Melvin Broussard

Mel functioned as the Office of Information Technology (OIT) Technical Evaluation Panel (TEP) lead / expert for many years. He was responsible for ensuring TEP members were familiar with procedures for evaluating technical and cost proposals for compliance to policy, regulations, proposal instructions, and evaluation criteria.

Desirea Votaw

Desirea Votaw is an experienced independent business development professional with extensive knowledge of CMS' programs, goals, and acquisition strategies. She uses her knowledge and network to develop pipelines, identify opportunities, create teams, and define strategies to help companies pursue contracts with CMS. She is the Creator of Meraki Creators, LLC. She brings an industry perspective to the content we have developed for this event.

Henry Chao

Mr. Chao has over 20 years of experience as a Federal government Senior Executive leading national scale implementations of complex healthcare programs. Henry authored a soon-to-be released book Success or Failure: The Untold Story of Healthcare.Gov.