Snyder resigns as director of Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services

The former Mississippi Medicaid director cited “personal family matters.”

Former Mississippi Medicaid Executive Director Drew Snyder has resigned from his post in the Trump Administration as the director and deputy administrator for the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services.

The announcement came Monday, with Politico breaking the news, citing “personal family matters” as the reason for Snyder’s resignation.

Snyder took the federal position in January.

“Drew has played an invaluable role leading our Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services as we began strengthening the programs to better serve the nation’s most vulnerable,” said Dr. Mehmet Oz, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator, in a statement reported by Politico.

Dr. Caprice Knapp has been announced as interim a