[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 106 (Monday, June 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 31486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12023]


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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE


Appointments to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

AGENCY: Government Accountability 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 three 
new appointments and two reappointments to fill the vacancies occurring 
this year.

DATES: Appointments are effective May 1, 2008 through April 30, 2011, 
except as noted.

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

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: GAO: Office of Public Affairs, (202) 512-
4800.
    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 Peter W. Butler, M.H.S.A., Executive 
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Rush University Medical 
Center; Michael Chernew, Ph.D., professor, Department of Health Care 
Policy; and George N. Miller, Jr., M.H.S.A., Regional President and 
Chief Executive Officer, Community Mercy Health Partners.
    Reappointed members are Jennie Chin Hansen, R.N., M.S.N., member, 
Board of Directors, AARP; and Nancy M. Kane, D.B.A., professor of 
management, Department of Health Policy Management, Harvard School of 
Public Health.

(Sec. 4022, Pub. L. 105-33, 111 Stat. 251, 350)

Gene L. Dodaro,
Acting Comptroller General of the United States.
 [FR Doc. E8-12023 Filed 5-30-08; 8:45 am]
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