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1994.01.07 : Nominations for Practicing Physicians Advisory Council

Contact: Anne Verano
Friday, Jan. 7, 1994                               (202) 690-6145

                  Nominations for Practicing
                 Physicians Advisory Council

HHS Secretary Donna E. Shalala today invited medical organizations
representing physicians to nominate candidates to join the
Practicing Physicians Advisory Council.

According to a notice published in today's Federal Register,
nominations are being accepted to fill the positions of four
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1994.

The 15-member council, established by Congress in 1990, meets
quarterly to advise the HHS secretary on proposed changes in
regulations and carrier manual instructions which relate to
physicians' services under Medicare.

"My selections for the advisory council will reflect the diversity
of the American people, including the varied cultures and
backgrounds of our nation's physicians," Secretary Shalala said.

Nominations must be received within 30 days of today's notice. 
Council members will be selected by Secretary Shalala.

Under the 1990 law, the advisory council must include both
Medicare participating and nonparticipating physicians, and
physicians practicing in rural and underserved urban areas.  All
members must have submitted at least 250 claims for physician
services under Medicare in the previous year.

At least 11 members must be physicians licensed to practice
medicine and surgery by the state in which they practice.  The
other four members may include dentists, podiatrists, optometrists
and chiropractors.

The four members to be replaced and their medical specialties are
Ramon L. Jimenez, orthopedic surgery, San Jose, Calif.; David L.
Massanari, family practice, Sanford, Maine; Susan W. Owens,
emergency medicine, Baltimore, Md.; and Gary L. Yordy, pathology,
Cheyenne, Wyo.

The Health Care Financing Administration is the federal agency
which administers the Medicare and Medicaid programs that help pay
the medical bills of 67 million Americans.

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