Marilyn Tavenner news and information

The Senate Finance Committee voted Tuesday to advance Marilyn Tavenner's nomination to be CMS administrator, clearing the way for a Senate vote.
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Senate leaders plan to introduce a bill this week that would eliminate sequester cuts for the remainder of the fiscal year.
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About one in 20 participants in the federally funded electronic health-record incentive payment program can expect to be audited for compliance with meaningful use and other program criteria, a federal official said Monday.
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Arkansas lawmakers gave final approval to the governor's plan to use new federal Medicaid funding to buy private coverage in insurance exchanges. Now it's likely to draw intense federal scrutiny.
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Senate Democrats never called a hearing to confirm Dr. Donald Berwick as CMS administrator because they feared it would give Republicans a venue for toxic attacks on the healthcare reform law.
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Even with a year's grace period, many providers, payers and health information technology vendors are still running behind schedule for the massive conversion next year to ICD-10 codes.
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Acting CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner weathered her confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee without taking much of a beating from the committee's Republicans, who remain opposed to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and have raised concerns about the way the...
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Amid a generally warm bipartisan welcome today, Marilyn Tavenner fielded questions and concerns over implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act from members of the Senate Finance Committee.
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Senators are planning a bipartisan policy grilling of Marilyn Tavenner as confirmation hearings begin today, but they're likely to move her toward becoming the first confirmed CMS administrator since 2006.
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Editor's note: Modern Healthcare reporter Jessica Zigmond interviewed acting CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner at HHS headquarters April 3, less than a week before Tavenner was scheduled to appear before the Senate Finance Committee for a confirmation hearing. Here is an edited excerpt of their...
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