President Donald Trump has nominated Chris Klomp, the current Medicare director, to be the deputy secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Klomp will oversee operations and regulatory policy if confirmed by the Senate.

Background and Experience

Chris Klomp has been serving as Medicare director since April 2025 and has been closely advising HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for several months. He has been involved in the administration’s efforts to broker deals with pharmaceutical companies and build the TrumpRx program to cut prescription drug costs.

Klomp’s nomination is part of a broader shakeup in agency leadership, aimed at refocusing health care messaging around lower costs. The HHS has been without a deputy secretary since Jim O’Neill left in February.

Confirmation Process

Klomp will need to be confirmed by the Senate as deputy secretary, adding his name to a list of federal health nominees awaiting hearings before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.

Original reporting: KTVZ (Central Oregon) — read the source article.