Fierce Healthcare March 23, 2020
Paige Minemyer

Don Berwick, M.D., was installed as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator in July 2010, just a few months after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law.

That put him on the front lines of the rollout of the law’s early initiatives, including much of the early work to improve the quality of coverage and care.

“I was thrilled to be able to become administrator, but nothing thrilled me more than the idea of participating in the implementation of the ACA,” Berwick told FierceHealthcare in an interview. “I think it was a transformative opportunity for the country—I still do. It was very exciting.”

Berwick resigned from his post at CMS in December 2011...

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