[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 97 (Wednesday, May 20, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 29004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11957]


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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE


Appointments to the Health Information Technology (HIT) Policy 
Committee

AGENCY: Government Accountability Office (GAO).

ACTION: Notice of appointments.

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SUMMARY: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act requires the 
Comptroller General of the United States to appoint 13 of 20 members to 
the HIT Policy Committee. As of April 2015, new appointees to the HIT 
Policy Committee are Kathleen Blake, MD, MPH, an expert in health care 
quality measurement and reporting; Donna Cryer, JD, an advocate for 
patients or consumers; and Brent Snyder, Esq., a representative of 
health care providers.

DATES: Appointments are effective as of April 2015.

ADDRESSES: GAO: 441 G Street NW., Washington, DC 20548.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: GAO: Office of Public Affairs, (202) 512-
4800.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    More information about the new appointees is provided below. 
Kathleen Blake, MD, MPH, is Vice President for Performance Improvement 
at the American Medical Association (AMA) and resides in Chicago, 
Illinois, and Santa Fe, New Mexico. She was appointed to fill the 
health care quality measurement and reporting opening.
    Donna Cryer, JD, is Founder and President of the Global Liver 
Institute in Washington, DC, which facilitates collaboration among 
patient advocates, policymakers, regulators, health systems, and payers 
to solve challenges to advancing liver health and treating liver 
diseases. She was appointed to fill the patients or consumers advocate 
opening.
    Brent Snyder, Esq. is Chief Information Officer at Adventist Health 
System (AHS) and lives in Springfield, Tennessee. He was appointed to 
fill the representative of health care providers opening.
    42 U.S.C. 300jj-12.

Gene L. Dodaro,
Comptroller General of the United States.
[FR Doc. 2015-11957 Filed 5-19-15; 8:45 am]
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