February 21st 2025
The Trump administration argues that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr can overrule the US Preventive Services Task Force to determine the preventive services covered under the Affordable Care Act.
Medicare and Commercial Inpatient Resource Use: Impact of Hospital Competition
Hospitals in more competitive markets had significantly lower costs per discharge for both Medicare and privately insured patients.
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CMS Confirms Tavenner for Administrator Role
May 17th 2013The former nurse and hospital company executive, Marilyn Tavenner, has been confirmed as administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Tavenner has been serving as the interim administrator for the CMS since 2010. Her appointment, which has officially been vacant since Dr Mark B. McClellan stepped down in October 2006, came after much debate as to whether or not she should officially lead the organization.
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