People In Brief

CMS departures: Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer Ruben King-Shaw is resigning for "personal" and "family" reasons, the agency confirms April 8. Shaw is expected to pursue interests in the private sector. Leslie Norwalk, senior advisor for policy and counselor to the administrator, will assume King-Shaw's duties. In the Coverage & Analysis Group, senior analyst Perry Bridger will be leaving to take on a senior analyst position at Health Strategies Consultancy in Washington, D.C., effective May 12....CMS arrival: William Sullivan is appointed deputy chief medical officer at CMS April 7 and is reporting to Administrator Tom Scully and Acting Chief Clinical Officer Sean Tunis. Sullivan previously served as VP-medical affairs and chief clinical officer for the Eastern Maine Medical Center...