Names being circulated include FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin and CMS Administrator Seema Verma.
By most accounts, the leading candidate is Seema Verma. Some of her actions at the CMS have alarmed the healthcare industry, including the decision to eliminate and scale back some mandatory bundled payment programs and her plan to seek a “new direction” for the CMS innovation center.
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