Kristy Hollobaugh

Kristy Hollobaugh serves as a key procurement professional within the Office of Acquisition and Grants Management at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, supporting the Department of Health and Human Services’ mission to ensure secure, data-driven administration of federal health programs. She specializes in the acquisition of professional and technical services essential to policy implementation, program integrity, and operational excellence, with a primary focus on research and development in the social sciences and humanities. Her work directly enables the design, evaluation, and enhancement of CMS initiatives through evidence-based analysis, behavioral health studies, and public health policy research, ensuring that federal health programs remain responsive, equitable, and efficient. Her contractor relationships center on firms with deep expertise in social science research, policy analysis, and data analytics, including academic research institutions, think tanks, and specialized consulting firms capable of delivering rigorous, federally compliant studies. She engages with vendors who demonstrate strong methodological rigor, experience with sensitive health data, and proven capacity to meet federal standards for privacy and cybersecurity. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes and deliverables aligned with CMS strategic objectives. Hollobaugh’s contracting patterns reflect a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions classified as “No Set-Aside.” While she does not prioritize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, her focus remains on technical capability and mission alignment, ensuring that contracts are awarded based on merit and subject matter expertise. Her primary NAICS code focus—541720—reflects a specialized domain in social science and humanities research, encompassing qualitative and quantitative studies on healthcare access, beneficiary behavior, program compliance, and health equity. She routinely procures services involving survey design, policy impact assessments, stakeholder engagement, and longitudinal data analysis to inform CMS decision-making and regulatory development.