MedPAC appointments announced by GAO
The General Accounting Office (GAO) announnced May 14, 2010 the appointment of four new Commissioners and the re-appointment of two existing members to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). NRHA congratuates Thomas Dean, M.D., a rural family physician of Wessington Springs, SD and Herb Kuhn, President and CEO of the Missouri Hospital Association on their re-appointments. NRHA still remains concerned about the notable lack of rural representation on MedPAC and urges Congress and policy-makers to correct this imbalance.