PARMA - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Services / Strategy / Government Relations
Mr. King-Shaw is a Founding Principal of PARMA. Mr. King-Shaw has extensive expertise in health policy, economics and finance. Ruben served in the George W. Bush Administration from 2001 to 2003 where he led many of President Bush's and HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson's health care initiatives as Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In that capacity, he directed the day-to-day operations of the $500 billion agency. Mr. King-Shaw was also Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury where he led the Administration's Health Coverage Tax Credit initiatives. Mr. King-Shaw was a major spokesperson for the Administration on the topics of health care disparities, prescription drug benefits, Medicare and Medicaid reform, rural health and the uninsured in America.
Mr. King-Shaw is a graduate of Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations with a specialty in Labor Economics and currently serves on the Schools Advisory Council. He also holds a Master of Health Services Administration and a Master of International Business from the Chapman Graduate School of Business in Miami and the Instituto de Empresas/Center for International Studies in Madrid, Spain.