Top CMS official is charged
By Bob Cusack
Medicare’s chief medical officer has been charged with falsifying records, failing to comply with subpoenas and exhibiting unprofessional conduct in the practice of medicine.
Sean Tunis, a top policymaker at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and a former Senate staffer, is accused of altering documents to show that he had complied with continuing medical education (CME) requirements.
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Tunis is a key policymaker at CMS, overseeing the agency’s coverage shop, which determines whether Medicare will cover drugs, devices and other therapies. Tunis is expected to play a major role in deciding Medicare’s coverage policy on certain pharmaceuticals as part of the new Medicare drug benefit, which goes into effect in January.
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http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/040605/cms.htmlMods: I changed CMS to Medicare because, even though I'm on Medicare and follow politics very closely, I've never heard of CMS and thought that might be a common reaction.