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Barbara R. Paul, M.D., works to further improve the company�s relationships with affiliated physicians. She joined the company in August 2006. Paul is a board certified internist and spent 12 years in full-time practice in northern California before joining the Medicare program of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). While there, she directed the Physicians� Regulatory Issues Team, and attacked and changed a number of policies that were excessively burdensome for practicing physicians. She was also instrumental in developing Medicare�s first "pay for quality" demonstrations and the Hospital Quality Alliance.
Prior to joining CHS, she was Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for Beverly Enterprises, Inc., a provider of nursing home, hospice and rehabilitative services to the elderly. Paul is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin - Madison, and received her medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine.
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