Washington Debrief: CMS Encourages Participation in Bundled Payments Model

Healthcare Informatics: Amid the turmoil of Associated Press wiretaps, Benghazi talking points and Internal Revenue Service malfeasance and the 27th House attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act, there was some substantive activity in Washington last week. Most notably, the Senate confirmed Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner as the agency’s first official chief in more than six years.

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