Part B Insider (Multispecialty) Coding Alert

As expected, the popular Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget has become the next HHS leader. After sailing through two Senate confirmation hearings, the Senate confirmed Sylvia Mathews Burwell as HHS Secretary on June 5.

Burwell’s focus will likely be on the continued implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s “Obamacare” health law. But she did tell senators that she hoped to avoid using the ACA-created Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), often referred to as “super-MedPAC.”