As administrator for the $800-billion-a-year Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Dr. Donald Berwick is charged with implementing many of President Obama's sweeping health care mandates in ways that undoubtedly will affect health plans, hospitals and health care providers across the country.Sort of like Obama's medical records or law school grades.
But a review of some of the funding sources of the nonprofit think tank he co-founded and until recently headed show health care entities that don't appear on Dr. Berwick's financial disclosure or on the standard ethics agreement that officials use to root out potential conflicts of interest.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Medicare chief's ties questioned: Nonprofit's donors not filed
The Washington Times reports: