Scully leaves CMS for private-sector job

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Tom Scully, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will be leaving the agency for a private sector job on 16 December 2003. In 2001, he became the ninth administrator of the agency, then known as the Health Care Financing Administration, and began working to improve its responsiveness and accessibility.

Executive changes & profiles, HEALTH SERVICES, Officials and employees, Health care industry, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Scully, Tom

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Primary care troubled by coding errors

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The improper Medicare claims rate for the fiscal year 2003 is 5.8 percent according to a report by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, making up $11.6 billion in Medicare expenditures. Physician groups suggest that the complexity of coding and billing regulations could be the primary reason for high error rate.

Product standards, safety, & recalls, Management dynamics, Credit Collection Techniques, Standards, Management, Reports, Influence, Growth, Company business management, Medicare fraud, Collection (Accounting), Primary nursing, Primary care nursing, Company growth

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Medicare coverage decision methods unveiled

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The development of better information management plans at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is discussed.

General services, Medicaid, Company systems management, Information management, Health insurance industry, Medicare

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