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Nov 29 2011

Sens. Coburn & Hatch Send Follow-Up Letter to CMS Outlining Concerns with Medicare Provider Enrollment Programs

As members of the Senate Finance Committee with jurisdiction over the Medicare program, Senators Coburn and Hatch send this letter to Secretary Sebelius today detailing their concerns regarding the lack of program enforcement by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the risk this inaction poses to Medicare beneficiaries and the Medicare Trust Funds. 

On September 27th, Dr. Coburn and Senator Hatch sent this letter to CMS expressing initial concerns to which CMS Administrator, Dr. Donald Berwick, responded on November 9th with this.

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