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Symposium Participants
Responding Perspectives
Diane Archer, JD
Executive Director
Medicare Beneficiaries Defense Fund
New York, New York
Robert Berenson, MD, FACP
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Washington, D.C.
Kathleen P. Burek
Manager, Employee Insurance Division
Minnesota Department of Employee Relations
St. Paul, Minnesota
Garry Carneal, JD
Vice President
Group Health Association of America/AMCRA
(now American Association of Health Plans)
Washington, D.C.
Richard E. Curtis
President
Institute for Health Policy Solutions
Washington, D.C.
Barbara L. Decker
Manager, Health Policy and Planning
Southern California Edison
(now Edison International)
Rosemead, California
Peter D. Fox
PDF, Incorporated
Chevy Chase, Maryland
Priscilla S. Itscoitz, MA
Manager, Health Insurance Counseling Program
United Seniors Health Cooperative
USHC Development Corporation, Inc.
Washington, D.C.
David B. Kendall
Senior Analyst for Health Policy
Progressive Policy Institute
Washington, D.C.
Kathleen M. King
Special Assistant to the Administrator
Health Care Financing Administration
Washington, D.C.
Marcia A. Laleman, MSW
Director, Medicare Programs
Keystone Health Plan East
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dixon F. Larkin, MD, JD
Deputy Insurance Commissioner
State of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
L. Gregory Pawlson, MD, MPH
Professor and Chair
Department of Health Care
Sciences
George Washington University Medical Center
Washington, D.C.
Lynn Shapiro Snyder, JD
Partner
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Washington, D.C.
Shoshanna Sofaer, DrPH
Associate Professor of Health Care Sciences
Division of Research Programs
George Washington University Medical Center
Washington, D.C.
Resource Experts
Sue Anderson
Health Insurance Counseling Program
George Washington University Law School
Washington, D.C.
William F. Benson
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Administration on Aging
Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, D.C.
Judy Berek
Senior Advisor to the Administrator
Health Care Financing Administration
Washington, D.C.
Peter Bouxsein
Acting Director
Office of Managed Care
Health Care Financing Administration
Baltimore, Maryland
Craig Caplan
National Academy of Social Insurance
Washington, D.C.
Nancy Chockley, MBA
Executive Director
National Institute for Health Care Management
Washington, D.C.
Sophia R. Christie
Research Fellow-The Harkness Fellowships
Health Policy Analysis Program
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Kenneth R. Cohen, MHSA, MPP
Investigator, Minority Staff
U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging
Washington, D.C.
Barbara Cooper
Acting Director
Office of Research and Demonstration
Health Care Financing Administration
Baltimore, Maryland
Linda K. Demlo, Ph.D.
Acting Director
Center for Quality Measurement and Improvement
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
Rockville, Maryland
Kathleen M. Eyre, JD
Senior Director of Policy and Research
National Institute for Health Care Management
Washington, D.C.
Theresa M. Forster
Minority Staff Director
U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging
Washington, D.C.
Beth C. Fuchs, Ph.D.
Specialist, Social Legislation
Education and Public Welfare Division
Congressional Research Service
Washington, D.C.
Michael E. Gluck, Ph.D., MPP
Health Policy Associate
National Academy of Social Insurance
Washington, D.C.
Marsha Gold, ScD
Senior Fellow
Mathematica Policy Research
Washington, D.C.
Sarah C. Gotbaum, Ph.D.
Director, Managed Care Project
United Seniors Health Cooperative
USHC Development Corporation, Inc.
Washington, D.C.
Leslie Greenwald
Office of Research and Demonstration
Health Care Financing Administration
Baltimore, Maryland
John F. Hoadley, Ph.D.
Principal Policy Analyst
Physician Payment Review Commission
Washington, D.C.
Lucy Johns, MPH
Health Care Planning and Policy
San Francisco, California
Judith Miller Jones
Director
National Health Policy Forum
Washington, D.C.
Janet Kline
Acting Coordinator of Research
Education and Public Welfare Division
Congressional Research Service
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Kala Ladenheim, MSPH
Senior Research Scientist
Intergovernmental Health Policy Project
George Washington University
Washington, D.C.
Debra J. Lipson
Associate Director
Alpha Center
Washington, D.C.
Kathleen E. Means
Majority Staff Member
Subcommittee on Health
Committee on Ways and Means
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
Celeste Newcomb, MS
Analyst
Office of Managed Care
Health Care Financing Administration
Baltimore, Maryland
Trish Newman
Program Officer
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Washington, D.C.
Susana Perry
AARP/Andrus Foundation Intern
National Council on the Aging
Washington, D.C.
Richard Price, MA
Health Policy Analyst
Congressional Research Service
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Sandra K. Robinson
Coordinator
Consumer Initiative
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
Rockville, Maryland
Marc A. Rodwin, JD, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Law and Public Policy
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana
William J. Scanlon, Ph.D.
Director, Health Systems
U.S. General Accounting Office
Washington, D.C.
Anne Schwartz, Ph.D.
Senior Analyst
Physician Payment Review Commission
Washington, D.C.
Mary Beth Semkewicz, JD
Legislative Counsel for Health Policy
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Washington, D.C.
Cary Sennett, MD, Ph.D.
Vice President
National Committee for Quality Assurance
Washington, D.C.
Ellen R. Shaffer
Bethesda, Maryland
Janet L. Shikles, MSW
Assistant Comptroller General
U.S. General Accounting Office
Washington, D.C.
Walter A. Zelman, Ph.D.
Health Care Analyst
McLean, Virginia