President-elect Donald Trump today nominated Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) to serve as Health and Human Services Secretary, and health care consultant Seema Verma to serve as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator. “As health care continues to evolve and as care becomes more patient centered, Dr. Price’s experience both as a surgeon, along with practicing at Emory University and Grady Memorial Hospital, makes him uniquely qualified to lead the Department of Health and Human Services,” said AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack.
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