Policy and Legislation
Congress should create permanent cybersecurity liaisons and leaders who are experienced and certified cybersecurity professionals, group says.
Health policy analysts say that some of the health law's marketplace problems could be improved with a bipartisan spirit.
HIMSS, CHIME and many high-ranking healthcare executives expect big things from a leader they see as highly qualified.
Advocates say strategy doesn't address concerns about plan design, might push consumers away by increasing out-of-pocket costs.
But America's Health Insurance Plans says it does not fully support the just-announced payment rate because it falls a little short.
Insurer says CMS violated the law's requirement that Medicare Advantage insurers be subject to the same actuarial standards as Medicare.
America imports about 30 percent of its medical devices and supplies; Mexico is the leading supplier, ahead of Ireland, Germany and China.
Some enrollees could lose coverage; insurers likely would hike premiums or bolt from Obamacare exchanges, experts say.
Rucker's name on Friday was listed in the HHS directory, but officials would not confirm the appointment.
Payments allow insurers in the exchanges to give low-income consumers lower deductibles.