Medicare Payment Policy

a state society of the National Medical Association, which
represents minority physicians and health professionals.
Dr. Coombs has served as a member and vice chair of the
Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine Patient
Care Assessment Committee. In addition, she was a
member of the Massachusetts Special Commission on the
Health Care Payment System.
thomas M. Dean, M.D., is a board-certified family
physician who has practiced in Wessington Springs, SD,
since 1978. He is chief of staff at Avera Weskota Memorial
Medical Center. Dr. Dean is on the Board of Directors
of Avera Health Plan and is past-president of the South
Dakota Academy of Family Physicians. He was president
of the National Rural Health Association, and he published
articles and presented on health care in rural areas. Dr.
Dean received the Dr. Robert Hayes Memorial Award for
outstanding rural health provider, received the Pioneer
Award from the South Dakota Perinatal Association, and
was awarded a Bush Foundation Medical Fellowship to
study leadership and health policy. He was also named
the 2009 National Rural Health Association’s Practitioner
of the Year. Dr. Dean earned his medical degree from the
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.
His undergraduate degree is from Carleton College.
Bill gradison, M.B.A., D.C.s., is a scholar in residence
in the Health Sector Management Program at Duke’s
Fuqua School of Business. He was a member of the
U.S. Congress (1975–1993) where he served on the
House Budget Committee and the Health Subcommittee
of the Committee on Ways and Means. Mr. Gradison
was a founding board member of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board and was vice chairman
of the U.S. Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive
Health Care (“Pepper Commission”). Prior positions also
include assistant to the Secretary of Health, Education,
and Welfare; president of the Health Insurance Association
of America; and vice chair of the Commonwealth Fund
Task Force on Academic Health Centers. Mr. Gradison
received his B.A. from Yale University and an M.B.A. and
doctorate from Harvard Business School.
glenn M. Hackbarth, J.D., M.A., chairman of the
Commission, lives in Bend, OR. He was chief executive
officer and one of the founders of Harvard Vanguard
Medical Associates, a multispecialty group practice in
Boston that serves as a major teaching affiliate of Harvard
Medical School. Mr. Hackbarth previously served as
senior vice president of Harvard Community Health Plan
and president of its Health Centers Division as well as
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Washington counsel of Intermountain Health Care. He has
held various positions at the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, including deputy administrator of
the Health Care Financing Administration (now known as
CMS). He is immediate past-chairman of the board of the
Foundation of the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Mr. Hackbarth received his B.A. from Pennsylvania State
University and his J.D. and M.A. from Duke University.
William J. Hall, M.D., M.A.C.p., is a doctor of internal
medicine and professor of medicine at the University
of Rochester School of Medicine where he directs the
Center for Healthy Aging. Dr. Hall’s subspecialty is in
the field of geriatrics, with a major research interest in
the development and promotion of programs in healthy
aging, emphasizing preventive and wellness strategies
for older adults. He has published over 150 scientific
articles, reviews, and book chapters. He was instrumental
in establishing a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the
Elderly in Rochester, New York, and has directed the
Division of Geriatrics at the University of Rochester
School of Medicine. His contributions to physician
education in the care of the elderly have been recognized
nationally by the American Geriatrics Society, the John
A. Hartford Foundation, and the Donald W. Reynolds
Foundation. More recently his career has focused on
systems of health care for older adults. Dr. Hall’s prior
service and positions include serving as a member of
the Board of Directors of AARP, serving as president
of the American College of Physicians, and serving in
leadership positions in the American Geriatrics Society.
He is the immediate past-president of the International
Society of Internal Medicine.
Jack Hoadley, ph.D., is research professor at the Health
Policy Institute of Georgetown University in Washington,
DC. Dr. Hoadley previously served as director of the
Division of Health Financing Policy for the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation; as principal policy
analyst at MedPAC and its predecessor organization,
the Physician Payment Review Commission; and as
senior research associate with the National Health Policy
Forum. His research expertise includes health financing
for Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP; pharmacoeconomics
and prescription drug benefit programs; and private sector
insurance coverage. Dr. Hoadley has published widely on
health care financing and pharmacoeconomics and has
provided testimony to government panels.