Tina Zanti

Tina Zanti serves as a Contracting Officer at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), where she plays a critical role in executing the agency’s mission to ensure equitable access to healthcare coverage and improve care quality through strategic procurement. She manages the acquisition lifecycle for complex health insurance and administrative support services, primarily focused on direct health and medical insurance carriers. Her work supports CMS’s operational infrastructure, including technology modernization, data analytics platforms, and program integrity systems essential to administering Medicare, Medicaid, and the Health Insurance Marketplace. Zanti ensures all procurements align with federal acquisition regulations and agency-specific policy directives, emphasizing compliance, transparency, and mission alignment. Zanti’s contractor relationships are centered on industry-leading direct health insurance carriers and specialized administrative service providers that support CMS’s core programs. She engages with vendors capable of delivering scalable, secure, and interoperable solutions for enrollment, claims processing, provider network management, and beneficiary outreach. Her procurement approach prioritizes performance-based contracting, outcome-driven deliverables, and robust vendor accountability frameworks. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently works with firms possessing deep expertise in federal healthcare systems and proven experience navigating CMS’s regulatory environment. Zanti’s procurement patterns reflect a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions classified as “No Set-Aside.” This indicates a focus on selecting the most qualified vendors based on technical merit and operational capability rather than socioeconomic designation. While she does not routinely utilize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, her process remains fully compliant with all small business participation goals and encourages competition from all eligible sources. Her primary procurement focus is NAICS 524114—Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers—reflecting her specialization in acquiring health plan administration services, actuarial support, risk adjustment modeling, and real-time claims adjudication systems. Zanti’s domain expertise lies in the intersection of insurance operations, federal healthcare policy, and digital health infrastructure, making her a key liaison between CMS program objectives and private-sector delivery capabilities.