CMS Administrator Scully
Resigns
December 5, 2003 - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS) Administrator Tom Scully Dec. 2 submitted his
resignation to Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson,
effective Dec. 16. Mr. Scully reportedly indicated his intention
to leave the agency in May, but stayed to oversee the completion
of the Medicare bill that was approved by Congress in November.
A former Office of Management and Budget official in the first
Bush Administration and president of the Federation of American
Hospitals, Mr. Scully has not announced his future plans,
although he has been negotiating with several law firms.

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