DJP Update 4-29-2011 Breaking news: Former AMA president becomes senior advisor at Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) in CMS of HHS
CMMI is part of PPACA
See excerpts from stories below regarding AMA former president, Nancy Nielsen, MD, PhD
Excerpt from: CQ HealthBeat Afternoon Briefing (subscription and password needed)
Here is the summary quote:
Past AMA President Nielsen to Advise Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Center
In a coup for the fledgling office at heart of the Obama administration’s efforts to find ways to streamline health care and control spending growth, Nancy Nielsen, a physician and past president of the American Medical Association, has signed on as a senior adviser to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. Full Story
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http://www.buffalo.edu/news/12517
EXCERPT FROM University at Buffalo’s School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (Weblink gives more details and no password needed)
Release Date: April 29, 2011
NEWS RELEASE
Nancy Nielsen Is Appointed to One-Year Health Policy Role in Washington, DC
…senior advisor for stakeholder engagement at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
—- The CMMI was established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and is charged with testing innovative approaches to improving health care delivery, payment and quality.
Nielsen begins the position with CMMI this month and will reside in Washington, D.C., for one year.
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LAGNIAPPE: Have a great weekend. I give a speech tomorrow at LSU to the Louisiana State Medical Society medical student members re health system reform and then start weeks of business travel which will include a speech I will give to the Ohio Chapter of the American College of Surgeons on health system reform. Possibly I will see some of you on the trail.
Stay well.
Donald
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