In Brief: HHS
Executive Summary
HHS: Agency for Health Care Policy & Research head John Eisenberg, MD, will succeed Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Jo Ivey Boufford as acting assistant secretary for health starting in mid-May. The Administration appears close to naming Centers for Disease Control & Prevention head David Satcher to fill the position permanently. Eisenberg will also serve as acting deputy assistant secretary until a full-time replacement for Boufford is named...