HHS Health Reform Office
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
An April 8 1executive order by President Obama establishes an internal office of health reform within the Department of Health and Human Services. The office "shall coordinate closely" with the White House Office of Health Reform, which has been operating for several weeks under Nancy-Ann DeParle and was also formally established in the executive order. The order does not name the head of the new HHS office, but Capitol Hill staffers predict health policy expert Jeanne Lambrew will get the job