tci Part B Insider - 2007 Issue 14

Norwalk Out, Weems In At CMS

President Bush has nominated Department of Health and Human Services 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 the nomination go to a government agency veteran with...

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