Full Name
Charles Schalm
Job Title
Deputy Director for the Provider Enrollment and Oversight Group in the Center for Program Integrity
Company
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Speaker Bio
Charles Schalm serves as the Deputy Director for the Provider Enrollment & Oversight Group at the Center for Program Integrity at CMS. He is responsible for overseeing the screening, enrollment, and implementation of enforcement actions for over 2.5 million providers and suppliers that serve over 59 million Medicare beneficiaries. Prior to joining CMS in 2011, Charles spent over 10 years as a Program Integrity Director for federal Medicare contracts, and eight years in the private sector working with Medicaid managed care organizations in Pennsylvania and Michigan. Charles graduated from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA where he studied business and forensics. He previously served on the Western Pennsylvania Healthcare Drug Taskforce where federal agencies and private organizations came together to tackle the onset of the opioid epidemic. A frequent guest speaker at conferences, Charles promotes coordinated oversight and collaboration between Medicare, Medicaid and the private sector in order to achieve provider compliance and combat fraud, waste and abuse.
Charles Schalm