Health Czar DeParle Brings Medicare, Business Bona Fides To White House
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
With the appointment of former Medicare chief Nancy-Ann DeParle to head up the White House Office of Health Care Reform, President Obama has tapped someone who not only has deep budget and Medicare/Medicaid knowledge, but is also at ease in device company boardrooms and experienced with health industry private equity deals
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