Government
Medicare acting chief takes reins
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted Oct. 23, 2006
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Deputy Administrator Leslie Norwalk took over acting control of the agency effective Oct. 15. She will serve in this capacity until a permanent replacement is approved. Norwalk replaces outgoing CMS chief Mark McClellan, MD, PhD, who is leaving to seek employment at a think tank or in academia. As deputy director, Norwalk managed day-to-day operations of Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health programs, in addition to overseeing the implementation of hundreds of Medicare reforms.
Before the roughly five years that she has served in the administration, Norwalk practiced health care law in the Washington, D.C., office of Epstein Becker & Green. She also worked in the White House Office of Presidential Personnel in the first Bush administration.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2006/10/23/gvbf1023.htm.
