[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 109 (Monday, June 7, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 31823]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12762]


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GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE


Appointments to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

AGENCY: General Accounting Office (GAO).

ACTION: Notice of appointments.

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SUMMARY: The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 established the Medicare 
Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) and gave the Comptroller General 
responsibility for appointing its members. This notice announces four 
new appointments and two reappointments to fill the vacancies occurring 
this year.

DATES: Appointments are effective May 1, 2004 through April 30, 2007.

ADDRESSES: GAO: 441 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20548. MedPAC: 601 
New Jersey Avenue, NW., Suite 9000, Washington, DC 20001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: GAO: Molly Ryan, (202) 512-3592. 
MedPAC: Mark E. Miller, Ph.D., (202) 220-3700.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To fill this year's vacancies I am 
announcing the following:
    Newly appointed members are John M. Bertko, F.S.A., M.A.A.A., vice 
president and chief actuary, Humana Inc.; Francis J. Crosson, M.D., 
executive director, the Permanente Federation, LLC; Arnold Milstein, 
M.D., M.P.H., medical director, Pacific Business Group on Health and 
U.S. health care thought leader, Mercer Human Resource Consulting; and 
William J. Scanlon, Ph.D., health policy consultant. Reappointed 
members are Sheila P. Burke, M.P.A., R.N., under secretary for American 
museums and national programs, Smithsonian Institution; and Ralph W. 
Muller, chief executive officer, University of Pennsylvania Health 
System.
    (Sec. 4022, Pub. L. 105-33, 111 Stat. 251, 350)

David M. Walker,
Comptroller General of the United States.
[FR Doc. 04-12762 Filed 6-4-04; 8:45 am]
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