Senate Confirmation Hearing for Acting CMS Administrator Tavenner Set
Scheduled Hearing Set for Tuesday The Senate Finance Committee has announced it has scheduled a hearing next Tuesday on the long-awaited confirmation of acting CMS…
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September Health IT Conferences and Events
Rundown of Upcoming Events Checking in on our Marketplace Event Calendar for September we find some fall conferences and events you might be interested in….
Tavenner, Care Innovation Summit, and Senate Hearings
Confirmation of Acting CMS Administrator Tavenner Uncertain The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, the ONC, West Wireless Health Institute, and Health Affairs co-hosted last…
Demonstration Projects, Private Insurer Invests in EHRs, and Berwick’s Resignation
Recovery Room 12/5/11 In our recovery room posts we highlight events and news that have happened and didn’t report but still think are interesting. Will Medicare’s Demonstration Project program…
Berwick Resigns Effective Dec 2nd
CMS Administrator Berwick to Leave Dr. Donald Berwick resigns as the Administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) effective December 2nd and the…
Berwick appointed head of CMS
Dr. Donald Berwick, president and CEO of Cambridge, MA based Institute for Healthcare Improvement has been appointed by Obama to head up the CMS. President…