tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 10

People: McClellan To Take Over CMS

It's official: Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Mark McClellan, MD, is President Bush's nominee to replace Tom Scully as head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the White House announced Feb. 20.As CMS Administrator, McClellan, who is expected to be confirmed easily, will take on the huge responsibility of implementing the giant Medicare overhaul that Congress passed last year. The administration and congressional Republicans had hoped that the new law, which provides a prescription drug benefit for seniors, would negate the Democrats' traditional electoral advantage on health care issues. So far, however, the opposite appears to...

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