tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 43

INDUSTRY NOTES ~ Doctor Who Is Allegedly Anti-Birth Control To Head Up HHS' Family Planning Programs

Plus: AHRQ offers practical tips for hospitals to boost patient safety. President Bush and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have made an interesting choice for HHS' new deputy assistant secretary for population affairs, a position that oversees federally funded family planning programs.Obstetrician-gynecologist Eric Keroack will take over the deputy assistant secretary for population affairs for HHS, the Washington Post reports. What is worrying some industry leaders is Keroack's position as medical director for A Woman's Concern, an anti-abortion pregnancy counseling organization that doesn't support contraception use -- even among married women. Keroack's new position with...

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