Opening Remarks by HHS and OMB Officials and the Expert Panel

Expert Panel Members:

• Christopher J. Conover, Ph.D.
  Assistant Research Professor of Public Policy Studies, Center for Health Policy, Duke University
• H.E. Frech III, Ph.D.
  Professor of Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Robert B. Helms, Ph.D.
  Resident Scholar and Director of Health Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
• William D. Rogers, M.D., FACEP
  Medical Officer, Office of the Administrator, and Director, Physicians Regulatory Issues Team, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• Tim Size
  Executive Director, Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative
• William B. Vogt, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University

Health Care Community Leaders Panel Discussion

Health Care Community Leaders Panel Members:

• Bohn D. Allen, M.D., FACS
  General Surgeon, Arlington, Texas Immediate Past President, Texas Medical Association
• Allan Harder
  Executive Director, Oklahoma City Area Inter-Tribal Health Board
• Gary W. Mitchell, D.Ph.
  Chief Executive Officer, Newman Memorial Hospital, Shattuck, Oklahoma
• Paul David Moore, D.Ph.
  Pharmacy and Rural Health Care Consultant
• William M. Pierce
  President, Baptist Village Retirement Communities of Oklahoma