A former CMS administrator vocalized his support of the former CEO of Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health in the wake of a recently filed defamation lawsuit, CBS 6 Richmond reported April 2.
In February, K. Craig Kent, MD, filed a defamation lawsuit against the lawyers who prepared a report on behalf of 30 physicians at his former workplace last year. Now, Tom Scully, who served as the administrator of CMS from 2001 to 2004 and is a former member of the UVA Health System’s governing board, says he resigned from the system in “outrage” shortly after Dr. Kent left, according to CBS 6 Richmond.
Here are five things to know about the case:…