The 17-member commission, established by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, provides analysis and policy advice to Congress on Medicare, which accounted for more than $700 billion of the nation’s roughly $3.5 trillion in health care expenditures in 2017. The group also examines access and quality of care.”
The Philadelphia Inquirer: University of Pennsylvania Professor Named to Key Medicare Commission
“Amol Navathe, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania has been named to a three-year term on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, or MedPAC.
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