People In Brief
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
CMS appointments: Jonathan Blum was named director for the Center of Medicare Management and Amy Hall director of the Office of Legislation, in a March 12 CMS memo. Blum, who will oversee Medicare policies and regulations in his new position, was most recently a VP at research and consulting firm Avalere Health and before that was a staffer on the Senate Finance Committee. Hall is an 11-year veteran of Capitol Hill. She served as a Democratic staffer for the House Energy and Commerce Committee until recently. The CMS administrator post still awaits a permanent appointment, but Institute for Health Care Improvement CEO Don Berwick is expected to be named to the to the post soon