tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2007 Issue 19

INDUSTRY NOTES: Norwalk Out, Weems In At CMS

Plus: Beware of automatic consults in the ED.President Bush has nominated Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) official Kerry Weems to be permanent administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Currently Leslie Norwalk is Acting Administrator, but she declined to be considered for the permanent position, according to press reports.Weems has held a variety of top management positions within HHS, including deputy chief of staff, according to a CMS release. If the nomination is approved, he will succeed Mark McClellan, who resigned from the position last fall.Some observers were surprised to see...

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