NAPH Nominates VCU’s Retchin and Denver Health’s Gabow to MACPAC - October 5, 2009

NAPH has nominated Dr. Sheldon Retchin, CEO of Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, and Dr. Patricia Gabow, CEO of Denver Health, to serve on the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), established by the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009. MACPAC is charged with reviewing the effect of Medicaid and CHIP payment policies on Medicaid populations’ access to care. As nationally recognized experts in the fields of integrated delivery models and care for Medicaid and vulnerable populations, Retchin’s and Gabow’s experience and expertise would contribute immensely to MACPAC’s efforts. Nominations to the Commission were due October 1, 2009.