Dr Louis Jacques, MD, joined CMS in 2003 and has been director of the Division of Items and Devices in the Coverage and Analysis Group since 2004. The division reviews evidence and develops Medicare coverage policy for Part B drugs and biologicals, medical imaging and durable medical equipment. Prior to his arrival at CMS, Dr. Jacques was the Associate Dean for Curriculum at Georgetown University School of Medicine, where he retains a faculty appointment. He served on a number of university committees including the Executive Faculty, Committee on Admissions and the Institutional Review Board. He previously worked in the Palliative Care program at Georgetown’s Lombardi Cancer Center where he covered the gynecologic oncology service and he made home visits as a volunteer physician for a rural hospice on the Maryland Eastern Shore.

Following graduation from Georgetown University in 1978, he entered the University of Maryland School of Medicine, graduating in 1982. He completed residency in 1985 and was National Health Service Corps assignee to Peoples Community Health Clinic in Waterloo Iowa for four years. From 1989 to 1995 he saw primary care patients while also holding a variety of administrative and academic positions at Henry Ford Health Systems and Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit. His research interests and publications focused on injury prevention, physician workforce issues, and medical education.

"I think CATT showed the value of public investment in an important research questions that was probably not going to be addressed in the private sector"

The discussion presented represents the views of Dr. Louis Jacques MD, and does not necessarily represent the views of CMS or the United States government. No statement should be construed as an official position of CMS.
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