CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) leadership change: Scully departs and Smith stands in
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Dennis Smith has been named the acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) until a new administrator can be named. Mr Smith is a former Virginia Medicaid director and congressional aide and currently director of the agency's Center for Medicaid and State Operations. CMS Administrator Tom Scully stepped down earlier this week to seek a job in the private sector.