Tavenner To Serve as Acting Administrator for CMS

According to a post on the online version of McKnight's Long-Term Care News, Marilyn Tavenner will be serving as the acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Tavenner will hold the post while Donald Berwick undergoes confirmation proceedings to become CMS's new administrator. Once Berwick is confirmed, Tavenner will return to her role as CMS's principal deputy administrator. Before she came to CMS, Tavenner was the secretary for health and human resources in Virgina.