CMS Medical Technology Advisor Gottlieb Returning To AEI
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
He will serve as a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and plans to launch a new publication in conjunction with Forbes on emerging medical technology. Gottlieb was an AEI fellow prior to joining FDA, where he served as medical policy development director before leaving for CMS.
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