Tavenner Renominated As Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator

Circle Connections: New Talent President Obama has renominated onetime staff nurse Marilyn Tavenner, RN, BSN, MHA, to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Tavenner has been acting administrator of CMS since December 2011, when Donald Berwick, MD, stepped down from the position. The 2011-12 Senate never got around to holding confirmation hearings, and it is unclear when the current Senate might do so. Any nomination process relating to healthcare is politically charged in the current climate. This was reported by National Nursing News on February 10, 2013. Contact information: Brian Cook, Director of Media Relations Group . . .