CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner will Step Down at the End of February

CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner announced Friday that she is resigning at the end of February. Her temporary replacement will be Andy Slavitt, formerly a UnitedHealth Group executive who is now CMS’ Principal Deputy Administrator. Tavenner, 63, spent more than three years in the post as both Acting Administrator and, after a vote of 91 –…