State Of Nebraska’s Chief Medical Officer To Serve As Interim HHS CEO

Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts announced that Dr. Joseph Acierno, the state’s chief medical officer and head of public health, will serve as acting chief executive officer (CEO) of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as of December 20 while a nationwide search is conducted for a new CEO. The position was recently vacated after the resignation of Kerry Winterer. Dr. Acierno also is being retained by the Ricketts administration, along with two other HHS officials: Jodi Fenner, who is acting director of the HHS Division of Developmental Disabilities; and John Hilgert, who is director of the . . .