GAO Announces New Appointees, Reappointees to MedPAC

Medicare Payment Advisory Committee appointees, Government Accountability Office: GAO recently announced the appointment of three new members to MedPAC and the reappointment of two existing members. The newly appointed members are Peter Butler, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Rush University Medical Center; Michael Chernew, a professor of health care policy at Harvard Medical School; and George Miller, senior vice president of Catholic Health Partners and president and CEO of Community Mercy Health Partners. The reappointed members are Jennie Chin Hansen, a member of the AARP Board of Directors, and Nancy Kane, professor of management at the Harvard School of Public Health (GAO release, 5/22).