Members

The legislation provides that the Council shall be composed of 17 members. Fourteen of these members are appointed by the Secretary of HHS and include:

• representatives of practicing primary care physicians,
• national and specialty physician organizations,
• international medical graduates,
• medical student and house staff associations,
• schools of medicine and osteopathy,
• public and private teaching hospitals,
• health insurers,
• business, and
• labor

Federal representatives on the Council include the:

• Assistant Secretary for Health, HHS;
• Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS; and
• Chief Medical Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

 
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