CMS Acting Chief Medical Officer Is Straube; Tunis Placed On Leave
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
CMS says the decision to place Tunis on administrative leave is related to charges made by the Maryland Board of Physicians that he falsified documents and did not cooperate with a board investigation. CMS Western Regional Chief Medical Officer Straube will fill the post on an acting basis beginning April 11.
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