Connecticut Exchange Head Tapped As First Federal Marketplace CEO

By Amy Lotven / August 26, 2014 at 5:08 PM
HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell has tapped Kevin Counihan, the head of Connecticut's state-based exchange, Access CT, to serve as CMS' newly created Marketplace CEO and director of CCIIO -- a move applauded by key ACA experts. Burwell revealed the news hours after the HHS Inspector General released a report finding one-third of CMS' 60 contracts related to healthcare.gov had gone over budget by February of this year, including the contract for web host Verizon's Terremark, which has six...


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