Bush Nominates Medicare Official
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WASHINGTON — President Bush nominated a hospital industry leader who served in his father’s administration to head the agency that runs Medicare, the White House said Thursday.
Thomas A. Scully, president of the Federation of American Hospitals, was a domestic policy official under President George Bush.
If confirmed by the Senate, Scully would lead the Health Care Financing Administration, an arm of the Health and Human Services Department.
The agency manages payments to doctors, hospitals and others who provide health care to Americans in Medicare and other federal health insurance programs.
Scully worked in the Office of Management and Budget from 1989 to 1993.
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