“The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a number of new leadership appointments on Tuesday. The agency’s leadership shakeup includes naming a new chief medical officer, a role that had been vacant since Dr. Kate Goodrich joined Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) in March.”
“Dr. Lee Fleisher will take over as CMS’s CMO moving forward. Fleisher, who currently serves as a practicing anesthesiologist, was also named director of CMS’s Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ)…”
“In addition to Fleisher’s appointment, Dr. Michelle Schreiber was promoted to the deputy director for quality and value at CCSQ, where she will work to move the U.S. health care system away from a fee-for-service mentality, according to Verma. Schreiber joined CMS in 2018…” Read the full article here.
Source: CMS Appoints New Chief Medical Officer – By Maggie Flynn, June 30, 2020. Home Health Care News.
