Cathryn Kim

Cathryn Kim serves as a Contracting Officer at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), where she plays a pivotal role in executing complex procurement strategies that support the agency’s mission to enhance healthcare access and quality through data-driven solutions. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions centered on administrative management consulting, digital infrastructure, and operational support services critical to Medicare, Medicaid, and Health Insurance Marketplace programs. Her work ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while advancing CMS’s strategic priorities in technology modernization, policy analysis, and public health system efficiency. Kim maintains longstanding relationships with prime contractors including Maximus Federal Services, Peraton Enterprise Solutions, Novitas Solutions, National Government Services, and General Dynamics Information Technology. These partnerships are primarily performance-based, focusing on large-scale systems integration, claims processing support, and enterprise-level consulting services. Her contracting approach emphasizes outcome-oriented deliverables, rigorous performance metrics, and continuous contractor accountability to ensure alignment with CMS’s operational and policy objectives. Notably, Kim’s procurement portfolio reflects a 100% preference for full and open competition, with no set-asides designated for 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic categories. This reflects a strategic focus on leveraging the broadest possible market capabilities to meet CMS’s high-volume, mission-critical requirements without artificial constraints, while still ensuring fair and transparent competition. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541611 (Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services), which accounts for over 70% of her activity, followed by computing infrastructure and data processing services under NAICS 518210. She specializes in procuring services that enable claims adjudication, provider network management, beneficiary outreach, and health information technology modernization—domain expertise grounded in federal healthcare operations and regulatory compliance.