[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 193 (Monday, October 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 52131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26449]


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GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE


Appointments to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

AGENCY: General Accounting Office.

ACTION: Notice of appointments.

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SUMMARY: The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 establishes the Medicare 
Payment Advisory Commission, with members to be appointed by the 
Comptroller General. This notice announces the appointment and terms of 
the initial members, and the designation of the chairman and vice 
chairman, of the Commission.

DATES: Appointments effective October 1, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The General Accounting Office is at 441 G St. NW., 
Washington, DC, 20548. The Office of the Chairman of the Medicare 
Payment Advisory Commission will be at 2120 L St. NW., Washington, DC, 
20037-1527.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: General Accounting Office: Walter S. 
Ochinko, 202-512-7157. Medicare Payment Advisory Commission: Lauren 
LeRoy, 202-653-7220, or Don Young, 202-401-8986.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1805 of the Social Security Act, as 
added by section 4022 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105-
33, 111 Stat. 251, 350) provided for creation of the Medicare Payment 
Advisory Commission, comprising 15 members appointed by the Comptroller 
General. The Comptroller General is to designate one member as chairman 
and one member as vice chairman. Members serve 3-year terms, except 
that the Comptroller General is to establish staggered terms for the 
members first appointed.
    The appointments, to be effective October 1, 1997, are: Gail R. 
Wilensky, Chair; Joseph P. Newhouse, Vice Chair; P. William Curreri, 
M.D.; Anne B. Jackson; Spencer Johnson; Peter Kemper; Judith R. Lave; 
Donald T. Lewers, M.D.; Hugh W. Long, William A. MacBain; Woodrow A. 
Myers, Jr., M.D.; Janet G. Newport; Alice F. Rosenblatt; John W. Rowe, 
M.D.; and Gerald M. Shea.
    The following members will serve 1-year terms, to expire September 
30, 1998: P. William Curreri, Anne B. Jackson, Spencer Johnson, Donald 
T. Lewers, M.D., and Janet G. Newport. The following members will serve 
2-year terms, to expire September 30, 1999: Peter Kemper, Judith R. 
Lave, Hugh W. Long, William A. MacBain, and Gerald M. Shea. The 
following members will serve 3-year terms, to expire September 30, 
2000: Gail R Wilensky, Joseph P. Newhouse, Woodrow A. Myers, Jr., M.D., 
Alice F. Rosenblatt, and John W. Rowe, M.D. Subsequent appointments 
will be for 3 years.
James F. Hinchman,
Acting Comptroller General of the United States.
[FR Doc. 97-26449 Filed 10-3-97; 8:45 am]
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