Tag: Marilyn Tavenner
It’s Official – Senate Confirms Marilyn Tavenner As CMS Administrator
Tavenner First Permanent CMS Administrator Since 2006 After a brief bump in the road to confirmation Marilyn Tavenner was voted in as yesterday as the first permanent CMS Administrator since 2006. Tavenner was appointed to serve as Acting Administrator in December of 2011 when Dr. Donald Berwick stepped down. The 91-7 Senate vote reflects the bipartisan support for [...]
Senator Lifts Hold on Tavenner Nomination as CMS Administrator
Harkin Says He Has No Objections to Tavenner Leading CMS On April 24, one day after the Senate Finance Committee voted to approve Marilyn Tavenner to be administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Senator Tom Harkin, (D-IA) halted the nomination of Tavenner, saying at a budget hearing “he wants answers on why [...]
Senator Looks to Delay Choice of Tavenner as CMS Administrator
New Wrinkle in Tavenner Nominiation On April 24, one day after the Senate Finance Committee voted to approve Marilyn Tavenner to be administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a new wrinkle developed. Senator Tom Harkin, (D-IA) has halted the nomination of Tavenner, saying at a budget hearing last Wednesday “he wants answers [...]
Senate Finance Committee Approves Marilyn Tavenner to Lead Medicare, Medicaid
Finance Chairman Says Tavenner’s Experience Makes Her the Right Choice to Lead CMS Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) yesterday applauded the committee’s approval of Marilyn Tavenner to be administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) by a unanimous voice vote. At a committee hearing to consider her nomination on April 9, Senator [...]
Senate Finance Committee Deliberates Confirmation of Marilyn Tavenner
Marilyn Tavenner confirmation looks to be a lock Yesterday the Senate Finance Committee held its confirmation hearing on acting CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner. Tavenner has served in the role since December of 2011 after Donald Berwick, MD, stepped down. By all accounts of the hearing, Obama’s nominee to head up CMS looks to be a shoe in, gaining [...]
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 Administrator Marilyn Tavenner. Tavenner has served in the role since December of 2011 after Donald Berwick, MD, stepped down. According to The Hill, Tavenner has garnered broad support from members of Congress [...]
HHS Sets Goal of 50% of Physicians Using EHRs by Year End
2013 Agenda to Focus on Improving Care through Health IT Yesterday the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner and the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Farzad Mostashari, M.D., announced HHS’s plan to accelerate health information exchange (HIE) and build a seamless and secure flow of information essential to transforming the [...]
CMS Says No Deadline Implementing ACA Medicaid Expansion
CMS Initiatives, ACO agreements, and the Acting Administrator In a letter to the Republican Governors Association, acting CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner announced there would be no deadline for states to decide if they would implement the ACA Medicaid Expansion provision. It further explained that “a state can receive extra funding for Medicaid IT costs and [...]
HHS Office of Inspector General releases EHR Report
OIG Study Shows EHR Use in Medicare Physicians Each cabinet department and independent agency of the federal government has an Office of the Inspector General (OIG). The office is charged with identifying, auditing, and investigating fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement within its department or agency. The OIG of Health & Human Services recently released a [...]
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 week’s Care Innovation Summit. This first of its kind summit was conceived to bring together and begin a dialogue with the marketplace on transforming healthcare delivery. The featured speakers for [...]
Providers working towards HIE and interoperability face the challenge of bringing connectivity to scale to take advantage of the data being generated by EHR adoption. This paper seeks to demonstrate that connectivity at scale can be accomplished. 
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