Making His Mark on CMS: McClellan & Cost-Effectiveness
Executive Summary
As the new leader of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Mark McClellan, MD, PhD, faces two immediate priorities in implementing the new Medicare Prescription Drug Act. First, he needs to rollout the temporary drug discount card program. Second, he will oversee the promulgation of regulations to further clarify the law's meaning. But this isn't all that's on McClellan's mind. He's thinking more broadly about his opportunity to run CMS.