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Jun 21 2013

Senators Question Tavenner on Effectiveness of New Innovation Center

Late yesterday Senators Coburn, Hatch and Enzi, sent a letter to CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner regarding possible waste and duplication at CMS’s Innovation Center.  The Senators asked a series of follow-up questions based on the findings in a report by the Government Accountability Office showing the Innovation Center could be inefficiently duplicating other efforts. The Senators also asked Tavenner to identify steps the Center is taking “to ensure that funded initiatives are not wasting taxpayer dollars.”

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