Marilyn Tavenner news and information

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has asked HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and other federal officials to extend the deadline by six months for hospitals, physicians and other eligible professionals to meet Stage 2 meaningful-use criteria for the federal electronic...
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Modern Healthcare had the rare opportunity to interview a number of the honorees in our fifth Top Women in Healthcare program during our conference and gala in Nashville. Hear some of the industry's most important voices weigh in on some of the most crucial healthcare issues of the day.
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Over 800 small hospitals would lose enhanced Medicare funding for providing healthcare access in remote settings under a proposal put forward in a report from HHS' Office of the Inspector General.
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Provider groups say a CMS rule interpreting the healthcare reform law that gives consumers a grace period for unpaid health insurance premiums will put them at significant financial risk.
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Taken together, the ACA delivery system reforms have significantly shifted the national discussion among healthcare leaders. They are now universally focused on improving quality while lowering costs.
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With the complicated state health insurance exchanges going live in October, CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner has a lot to think about at the end of the day.
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With the complicated state health insurance exchanges going live in October, CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner has a lot to think about at the end of the day.
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The CMS has issued its final Medicare 2014 payment rule for inpatient stays at acute-care hospitals and long-term care facilities.
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Two months before open enrollment begins on the state insurance exchanges, CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner downplayed concerns from GOP lawmakers that the 2010 healthcare law will hurt jobs and expressed confidence that the employer mandate delay won't affect the law's implementation.
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HHS' office of the inspector general is urging the CMS to ensure Medicare beneficiaries have the same access to skilled-nursing care after leaving the hospital, regardless of how their stay is coded.
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