[Federal Register: July 28, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 144)]
[Notices]               
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GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

 
Extension of Terms of Members of the Medicare Payment Advisory 
Commission

AGENCY: General Accounting Office.

ACTION: Notice of extension of terms.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, the 
Comptroller General appointed the 15 members of the Medicare Payment 
Advisory Commission. This notice announces the extension of the terms 
of all current members for an additional 7 months.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 28, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The General Accounting Office is at 441 G St. NW., 
Washington, DC 20548. The Office of the Chairman of the Medicare 
Payment Advisory Commission is at Suite 800, 1730 K St., Washington, DC 
20006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: General Accounting Office: Walter S. 
Ochinko, 202-512-7157. Medicare Payment Advisory Commission: Murray N. 
Ross, 202-653-7220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1805 of the Social Security Act, as 
added by section 4022 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105-
33, 111 Stat. 251, 350) provided for creation of the Medicare Payment 
Advisory Commission, comprising 15 members appointed by the Comptroller 
General. Appointments generally are to be for 3 years, except that the 
Comptroller General was authorized to designate staggered terms for the 
initial members.
    Pursuant to that authority, all appointments were effective October 
1, 1997, but were staggered so that five were to end on September 30, 
1998, five on September 30, 1999, and five on September 30, 2000. These 
appointments were announced in an earlier notice. 62 FR 52131, October 
6, 1997.
    In consultation with the Commission, GAO has concluded members' 
terms should be changed to match more closely the Commission's business 
cycle. The present October 1 to September 30 terms are out of phase 
with that cycle; the Commission begins planning future work during the

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summer and generally produces reports in the spring, while members now 
begin and end their service in the fall. Terms that begin May 1 and end 
April 30 would coincide more closely with the Commission's work 
schedule and thus make Commission operations more efficient and 
effective.
    In order to achieve this, the terms of all current members are 
hereby extended for 7 months. The following members' terms will expire 
on April 30, 1999: P. William Curreri, Anne B. Jackson, Spencer 
Johnson, Donald T. Lewers, and Janet G. Newport. The following members' 
terms will expire on April 30, 2000: Peter Kemper, Judith R. Lave, Hugh 
W. Long, William A. MacBain, and Gerald M. Shea. The following members' 
terms will expire on April 30, 2001: Gail R. Wilensky, Joseph P. 
Newhouse, Woodrow A. Myers, Alice F. Rosenblatt, and John W. Rowe.
    Subsequent appointments will be for 3 years.
James F. Hinchman,
Acting Comptroller General of the United States.
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