PRESIDENTIAL MEETING ON

MEDICARE IMPLEMENTATION

List of Participants WASHINGTON, D. C.

JUNE 15, 1966

PRESIDENTIAL MEETING ON MEDICARE IMPLEMENTATION

ACKERMAN, Carl Robert, M.D.

ANDERSON, Carl E., M.D.

ANDREEN, W. Clemens, D.O.

ARBON A, Guillermo, M. D.

ARCHER, Vincent W., M.D.

ASHWORTH, Charles J., M.D.

BABSON, William Warren, M.D.

BARTON, Walter E., M.D.

BEATON, Lindsay E., M.D.

BEAUMONT, William E., Jr.

BERKE, Mark

BERMAN, Edgar, M.D.

BERNSTEIN, Bernice, Mrs.

BERRY, Leonidas, M.D.

BERSON, Robert C., M.D.

BLAISDELL, Byron C. , M.D.

BLAKE, James M., M.D.

BOND, James H.

BONNET, Philip, M.D.

BORNEMEIER, Walter C., M.D.

BOSTICK, Warren L., M.D .

BROWN, Walter E., M.D.

BRYAN, James

BUCHANAN, Wallace D., M.D.

BUCOVE, Bernard, M.D.

BUNTEN, W. Andrew, M.D.

IDRKET, George E., Jr., M.D.

CAIN, James C., M.D.

CAIN, Joseph P., Jr., M.D.

CAMALIER, C. Willard, Jr., M.D.

CAMPBELL, John R.

CANNON, filand, M.D.

CARR, Thomas L., M.D.

CARSON, Russell B., M.D.

CARTMILL, George

CASELEY, Donald, M.D.

CAVENAUGH, James H., Ph.D.

CHAMBERS, J. W., M.D.

CHENAULT, John M., M.D.

CHERSKASKY, Martin, M.D.

CLEMENT, Kenneth W., M.D.

COBB, W. Montague C., M.D.

CORDES, Donald W.

COWSERT, Jean, M.D.

CROSBY, Edwin L., M.D.

CRUIKSHANK, Nelson H.

DAME, Lawrence R., M.D.

DANIEL, James M.

DARRAH, Harry E., M.D.

DEARING, W. Palmer, M.D.

DEWBERRY, Maurice D.

DOARN, James W.

DOBBINS, Burns A., Jr., M.D.

EBERT, Robert, M.D.

EDDY, C. Manton

EDWARDS, Charles C., M.D.

ENGLISH, Harlan, M.D.

ESSELSTYN, Caldwell B., M.D.

FEFFER, James, M.D.

FENLON, Roberta, M.D.

FERGUSON, Stanley

HARDY, Arthur E. , M. D.

HARLAN, Thomas, M.D.

HAUGHTON, James, M.D.

HAYNES, Allan L., M.D.

HENDRYSON, Irvin E. , M. D.

HESS, Orvan W., M.D.

HILLENBRAND, Harold, D.D.S.

HINE, Maynard K. , M. D.

HOAGLAND, Paul I., M.D.

FITZPATRICK, The Very Rev. Monsignor James HOFFMAN, Charles A., Sr., M.D.

FLANAGAN, The Rev. John J., S.J. HOLDEN, Raymond T., M.D.

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GALASINSKI, Roman E., M.D. HOLLOMAN, John L. S., Jr., M.D.

GA.LT, Jesse, M.D. HOSCH, Melville H.

GARCIA, Jose Antonio, M.D.

GARDNER, Norman H., M.D.

GIBSON, Robert W., M.D.

GODWIN, John, M.D.

GOETZ, ~on E.

GOODMAN, Martin J • , M. D.

GORDON, Donald A.

GORDON, Kermit

GRCNER, Frank S.

GULLATT, Ennis, M.D.

GUNDERSEN, Gunnar, M.D.

HA.MILTON, H. E.

HAMPTON, H. Philip, M.D.

HOWARD, Ernest B., M.D.

HUDSON, Charles L . , M.D.

HURST, O. Ray

INGRAM, Al-vin J., M.D.

JEHL, Joseph R., M.D.

JOHNSON, Amos N., M.D.

JONES, Frank W., M.D.

KELLY, Joseph

KENNEY, John A., Jr. , M.D.

KERNODLE, John R., M.D.

KINTNER, Quentin, M. D.

KNOWLES, John, M.D.

KOLB, James L., M.D.

KREEK, E. Albert

LAMPERT, Arthur, M. D.

LARSEN, Wesley B., M.D.

LARSON, Leonard, M.D.

LEE, Russell V., M.D.

LEINBACH, Samuel P., M.D.

LEININGER, Earl F., M.D.

LONG, Robert C., M.D.

LUDEWIG, Yictor

MC CAUSLAND, Alexander, M.D.

MC GUIRE, H. Thomas, M.D.

MC KEOWN, Raymond D., M.D.

MC NERNEY, Walter J.

MC NULTY, Mathew F.

MALDONADO, Jose, M.D.

MARIE, Sister Anthony

MARSHALL, Matthew, Jr., M.D.

MARYBELLE, Sister

MATHEW3, Charles R., M.D.

MA'ITISON, Berwyn F., M.D.

MEERKEN, A. John, M.D.

MELANIE, Sister Mary

MELICK, Dermont W. , M.D.

l'IICHAELSON, Julius, M.D.

MODE, Walter W.

MONTGOMERY, Burtis E. , M. D.

K>ORE, Norman S., M.D.

MOREN, Leslie Arthur, M.D.

MORGAN, Harold S., M.D.

MURPHY, James D., M.D.

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MURRAY, The Very Rev. Monsignor Harrold

MURRAY, Ja.IOOs W.

NELSON, Russell A., M.D.

NEUMANN, Kenneth O., M.D.

NICHOLAS, Thomas, M. D.

NIXON, Graham T.

OCHSNER, Harold C., M.D.

ODOM, Charles B., M.D.

OSGOOD, Frederick P., M.D.

PAGE, William J., Jr.

PARISH, Ned F.

PEEL, Ed B.

PERDUE, Jean Jones, M.D.

PETERSEN, Drew M., M.D.

PARKS; Seigle W. , M. D.

PFEIFFER, Paul H., M.D.

PHELPS, Malcom E., M.D.

PIERCE, Wallace H., M.D.

PORTERFIELD, John D., M.D.

PRATT, S. C., M.D.

PRICE, Julian P., M.D.

RANN, Emery L., M.D.

READER, George G., M.D.

REESE, Eva, R.N.

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REESE, J. Morris, M.D.

REGISTER, Wayman

RIBAR, Joseph M., M.D.

RICHARDSON, John

RICHWAGEN, Lester

RITT, A. E., M.D.

ROBINSON, Paul I., M.D.

ROME, Howard P., M.D.

ROSS, Hope, M.D.

ROTH, Russell B., M.D.

SABATIER, Joseph A., Jr., M.D.

SACHS, Bernice, M.D.

SAWYER, Kenneth C., M.D.

SCHLICKE, Carl P., M.D.

SCHNEIDER, Margaret J ., M.D.

SHREVE, Charles H.

SHERMAN, Samuel, M.D.

SIMARD, Ernest E., M.D.

SINCLAIR, Sydney E., M.D.

SMITH, Earl B., M.D.

SMITH, Elmer M., M.D.

SMITH, Gordon B., M.D.

SNOKE, Albert, M.D.

SODEMAN, William A.,

STACEY, John

STADEL, William W., M.D.

STEIN, Benjamin, M.D.

STARK, Nathan J.

STEINBERG, Martin, M.D.

STICKNEY, James M., M.D.

STUART, Byron M., M.D.

TEALL, Ralph C. , M.D.

THOMAS, H. Ashton, M.D.

TIERNEY, Thomas M.

THOMPSON, James T., M.D.

THOMPSON, Julia C., R.N.

TOMITA, Theodore, M.D.

TRUSSELL, Ray E. , M. D.

VAN ORMAN, William T., Ph.D.

WALKER, J. Frank, M.D.

WESCOE, W. Clarke, M. D.

VHITE, Raymond L., M.D.

WILBUR, Dwight L., M.D.

WILLARD, William R., M.D.

WILLIAMSON, Kenneth

WILLIS, Waring, M.D.

WILSON, David B., M.D.

WITTEN, Carroll L., M.D.

Vl)NNACOTT, Clarence E.

WRIGHT, Willard, M.D.

YANTES, Edmond K., M.D.

YERBY, Alonzo s., M.D.

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PRESI DENTIAL MEN.rING ON MEDICARE I MPLEMENTATI ON

GROUP I

GEORGN.rCWN EAST

CHAIRMAN

William R. Willard, M.D. Kentucky

CO- CHAIRMAN

Mel vi n Blumenthal Office of General Counsel Heal th, Education and Welfare

MEMBERS

Li ndsay E. Beaton, M. D. Ari zona

Warren L. Bostick, M.D. California

James c. Gain, M. D. Minnesota

Geor ge cartmill Michigan

Robert Ebert, M. D. M3.ssachusetts

James Haughton, M.D. New York

Ernest B. Howard, M. D. Illinoi s

Alvin J . I ngr am, M. D. Tennessee

Wesley B. Larsen, D.O. Illinoi s

Rober t C. Long, M.D. Kentucky

Sister Anthony M3.rie New York

Berwyn F . M3.ttison, M. D. New York

PA(}E 2 - GROUP I

A. John Meerken, M.D. Michigan

Russell A. Nelson, M.D. M:l.ryland

Ned F. Parish Illinois

Wallace H. Pierce, M.D. Idaho

Hope Ross, M.D. Oklahoma.

Joseph A. Sa.batier, Jr., M.D. Louisiana

Elmer M. Smith, M.D. Iowa

DEPARI'MENr RESOURCE PEOPLE

John R. Campbell Regional Assistant Commissioner M:l.ssachusetts

Robert M. M:l.yne Assistant to the Director Bureau of Health Insurance

SECREI'ARIES

Lois Green Bernice Simon

GROUP II

JEFFERSON WEST

CHAIRMAN

John D. Porterfield, M.D. Illinois

CO-CHAIRMAN

Robert M. Ball, Commissioner Social Security Administration

MEMBERS

Leonidas Berry, M.D. Illinois

Philip Bonnet, M.D. M:i.ssachusetts

George E. Burket, Jr., M.D. Kansas

Bland Cannon, M.D. Tennessee

M:l.rtin Cherkasky, M.D. New York

James Feffer, M.D. District of Columbia

The Rev. John J. Flanagan, S. J. Missouri

Charles L. Hudson, M.D. Ohio

James L. Kolb, M.D. Arkansas

Samuel P. Leinbach, M.D. Iowa

Walter J. McNerney Illinois

Charles R. M:l.thews, M.D. New York

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Julius Michaelson, M.D. Alabama.

Kenneth O. Neumann, M. D. Indiana

Drew M. Petersen, M. D. Utah

Lester Richwagen Vermont

Howard P. Rome, M.D. Minnesota

P.alph C. Teall, M.D. California

DEPAR.r.MENI' RESOURCE PEOPLE

M3.urice D. Dewberry Regional Assistant Commissioner Virginia

Miss Pearl Bierman Chief', Standards and Methods Branch Public Health Service

Merle Grif'f'in Policy Specialist

SECRETARIES

Josephine Baran Barbara OWens

GROUP III

JEFFERSON FAST

CHAIRMAN

Amos N. Johnson, M.D. North Carolina

CO-CHAIRMAN

William H. Stewart, M.D. Surgeon General

MEMBERS

Carl Robert Ackerman, M.D. New York

Walter E. Barton, M. D. Dis~rict of Columbia

W. Andrew Bunten, M.D. Wyoming

C. Willard Camalier, Jr., M.D. District of Columbia

Thomas L. Carr, M.D. New Mexico

J. w. Chambers, M.D. Georgia

Kenneth W. Clement, M.D. Ohio

Edwin L. Crosby, M.D. Illinois

James D. Murphy, M.D. Te:xas

Graham T. Nixon Arkansas

Charles B. Odom, M.D. Louisiana

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Eva Reese, R.N. New York

Kenneth c. Sawyer, M.D. Colorado

William W. Stadel,M.D. California

M:trtin Steinberg, M.D. New York

James T. Thompson, M.D. Mississippi

William R. Willard, M.D. Kentucky

DEPAR.rMENI' RESOURCE PEOPLE

James H. Bond Regional Director Texas

Byron E. Goetz Regional Assistant Commissioner Illinois

Paul Rettig Policy Specialist

SECRE!'ARIES

Gerri Gipprich Judi th Jaslow

GROUP IV

LINCOLN EAST

CHAIRMAN

Alonzo S. Yerby, M.D. New York

CO-CHAIRMAN

Alanson Willcox General Counsel

MEMBERS

William Warren Babson, M.D. M:l.ssachusetts

William E. Beaumont, Jr. Arkansas

John M. Chenault, M.D. Alabama.

Caldwell B. Esselstyn, M.D. Michigan

Frank S. Groner Tennessee

Ennis Gullatt, M.D. Oklahoma.

Allan L. Haynes, M.D. New Mexico

Irvin E. Hend.ryson, M.D. Colorado

Orvan W. Hess, M.D. Connecticut

H9.rold Hillenbrand, D.D.S. Illinois

O. Ray Hurst Texas

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Harold S. Morgan, M.D. Nebraska

Harold C. Ochsner, M.D. Indiana

A. E. Ritt, M.D. Minnesota

Bernice Sachs, M.D. Washington

Benjamin Stein, M.D. New York

DEPARTMEN.r RESOURCE PEOPLE

Walter W. Mode Regional Director M:l.ssachusetts

James W. Murray Regional Assistant Commissioner Georgia

Mildred Knight Policy Specialist

SECREI'ARIES

Louise Burne Linda Thomas

GROUP V

CRYfil'AL WEffi'

CHAIRMAN

W. Clarke Wescoe, M.D. Kansas

CO-CHAIRMAN

Philip R. Lee, M.D. Assistant Secretary for Health

and Scientific Affairs

MEMBERS

Vincent W. Archer, M. D. Virginia

Wallace D. Buchanan, M. D. Indiana

Joseph P. Cain, Jr . , M.D. South Carolina

H9.rlan English, M. D. Illinois

Stanley Ferguson Ohio

Thomas Harlan, M. D. Oklahoma

M3.ynard K. Hine, M. D. Indiana

John A. Kenney, Jr . , M. D. District of Col umbia

Raymond D. McKeown, M. D. Oregon

Paul H. Pfeiffer, M. D. M:l.ine

S. C. Pratt, M. D. Montana

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George G. Reader, M.D. New York

Sydney E. Sinclair, M.D. Pennsylvania

Alvert Snoke, M.D. Connecticut

Julia C. Thompson, R.N. District of Columbia

Carroll L. Witten, M.D. Kentucky

DEPARrMENI' RESOURCE PEOPLE

William T. Van Orman, Ph.D. Regional Director Colorado

James Calhoun Assistant Bureau Director Division of State Operations

Robert Hauck Policy Specialist

SECRETARIES

Cathy Robinson M:i.ry Hybdzinski

GROUP VI

CRYSTAL EAST ROOM

CHAIRMAN

Julian P. Price, M.D. South Carolina

CO-CHAIRMAN

Arthur E. Hess Director, Bureau of Health Insurance

MEMBERS

W. Clemens Andreen, D.O. Michigan

W. Palmer Dearing , M.D. District of Columbia

Roberta Fenlon, M.D. California

Roman E. Galasinski , M.D. Wisconsin

H. Philip Hampton, M. D. Florida

John L. S. Hollomon, Jr., M.D. New York

John R. Kernodle, M.D. North Carolina

John Knowles, M. D. Massachusetts

Earl F . Leininger, M.D. Nebraska

Alexander McCausland, M.D. Virginia

Ed B. Peel Georgia

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Malcom E. Phelps, M.D. Oklahoma

Russell B. Roth, M.D. Pennsylvania

Carl P. Schlicke, M.D. Washington

Ray E. Trussell, M.D. New York

Raymond L. White, M.D. Idaho

Dwight L. Wilbur, M.D. California

Willard Wright, M.D. North Dakota

DEPAR'IMENT RESOURCE PEOPLE

William J. Page, Jr. Regional Director Georgia

E. Albert Kreek Regional Assistant Commissioner Kansas City

Tony Elias Policy Specialist Bureau of Health Insurance

SECRETARIES

Frances Harris Davida Forsythe

GROUP VII

MILITARY ROOM

CHAIRMAN

Waring Willis, M.D. New York

CO-CHAIRMAN

Howard L . Bost, Ph . D. Deputy Director Bureau of Health Insurance

MEMBERS

Robert C. Berson, M.D. District of Columbia

Walter C. Bornemeier, M.D. Illinois

James Bryan District of Columbia

James H. Cavenaugh, Ph.D. Iowa

Donald W. Cordes Iowa

Jean Cowsert, M.D. Alabama

Lawrence R. Dame, M.D. Massachusetts

Norman H. Gardner, M.D. Connecticut

Kermit Gordon District of Columbia

Joseph R. Jehl, M. D .. New Jersey

Quentin Kintner, M. D. Washington

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Arthur Lampert, M.D. South Dakota

Jean Jones Perdue, M.D. Florida

Paul I. Robinson, M.D. New York

Ernest E. Simard, M.D. California

J. Frank Walker, M.D. Georgia

Kenneth Williamson District of Columbia

DEPARTMENT RESOURCE PEOPLE

Melville H. Hosch Regional Director Illinois

Wayman Register Regional Assistant Cormnissioner Texas

Jim Bolce Policy Specialist Bureau of Health Insurance

SECRETARIES

Dorothy Allulis Vilma G. Trulli

GROUP VIII

HEMISPHERE ROOM

CHAIRMAN

Donald Caseley, M.D. Illinois

CO-CHAIRMAN

Leo Gehrig, M.D. Deputy Surgeon General

MEMBERS

Charles J . Ashworth, M.D. Rhode Island

Russell B. Carson , M.D. Florida

J runes M. Daniel South Carolina

C. Manton Eddy Connecticut

The Very Rev. Monsignor Jaines Fitzpatrick New York

John Godwin, M.D. Georgia

Gunnar Gunderson , M.D. Wisconsin

Leonard Larson, M.D. North Dakota

Russell V. Lee , M.D. California

Jose Maldonado, M. D. New Mexico

Matthew F . McNulty Alabaina

Burtis E . Montgomery , M. D. Illinois

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Frederick P. Osgood, M.D. Ohio

Emery L. Rann, M.D. North Carolina

J. Morris Reese, M.D. Maryland

Margaret J. Schneider, M.D. Ohio

Samuel Sherman, M.D. California

DEPAR1MENT RESOURCE PEOPLE

Donald A. Gordon, Acting Regional Director Virginia

Joseph Kelly Regional Assistant Commissioner New York

Donald Blomquist Policy Specialist Bureau of Health Insurance

SECRETARIES

Mary Anne Frizzera Minna Seidman

GROUP IX

1 THOROUGHBRED ROOM .

CHAIRMAN

David B. Wilson, M.D. Mississippi

CO-CHAIRMAN

Alvin M. David Assistant Commissioner Office of Program Evaluation and Planning

MEMBERS

Carl E. Anderson, M.D. California

Mark Berke California

Edgar Berman, M.D. Maryland

Byron C. Blaisdell, M.D. New Jersey

Nelson H. Cruikshank Maryland

Jesse Galt, M.D. New Hampshire

Jose Antonio Garcia, M.D. Texas

H. E . Hamilton Louisiana

Arthur E. Hardy, M.D. Rhode Island

Charles A. Hoffman, Sr . , M. D. West Virginia

Raymond T. Holden, M.D. District of Columbia

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Frank W. Jones, M.D. North Carolina

H. Thomas McGuire, M.D. Delaware

Dermont W. Melick, M.D. Arizona

Leslie Arthur Moren, M.D. Nevada

Earl B. Smith, M.D. Pennsylvania

Gordon B. Smith, M.D. Vermont

DEPAR'IMENT RESOURCE PEOPLE

John Richardson Regional Assistant Cormnissioner California

Robert O'Connor Acting Chief, Advisory Group Branch Bureau of Health Insurance

Robert Smith Chief, Hospital Insurance Branch Bureau of Health Insurance

SECRETARIES

Sue Connelly Sue Trapuzzano

GROUP X

EDISON ROOM

CHAIRMAN

William A. Sodeman, M.D. Pennsylvania

CO-CHAIRMAN

Dean Coston Deputy Under Secretary

MEMBERS

James M. Blake, M.D. New York

Bernard Bucove, M.D. Washington

W. Montague C. Cobb, M.D. District of Columbia

Harry E. Darrah, M. D. Rhode Island

Paul I. Hoagland, M.D. California

Sister Marybelle Minnesota

Seigle W. Parks , M.D. West Virginia

John Stacey Virginia

Byron M. Stuart, M.D. Missouri

DEPARTMENT RESOURCE PEOPLE

Charles Shreve Regional Director California

Dave Kopelman Deputy Assistant Bureau Director Division of Insurance Operations

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SECRETARIES

Charlotte Abell Carol Keller

GROUP XI

FARRAGUT ROOM

CHAIRMAN

Clarence E. Wonnacott Utah

CO-CHAIRMAN

John W. Cashman, M.D. Chief, Division of Medical Care Administration Public Health Service

MEMBERS

Guillermo Arbona, M. D. Puerto Rico

Walter E. Brown, M.D. Oklahoma

Charles C. Edwards, M.D. Illinois

Matthew Marshall, Jr . , M.D. Pennsylvania

Norman S . Moore, M.D. New York

The Very Rev. Monsignor Harrold Murray Washington, D.C.

Joseph M. Ribar, M.D. Alaska

H. Ashton Thomas, M.D. Louisiana

Thomas M. Tierney Colorado

DEPARTMENT RESOURCE PEOPLE

Mrs. Bernice Bernstein Regional Director New York

Bill Rivers Deputy Assistant Bureau Director Division of State Operations Bureau of Health Insurance

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Sue Jenkins Professional Relations Advisor Bureau of Health Insurance

SECRETARIES

.Sally Boarman Cindy Jones

GROUP XII

GRANT ROOM

CHAIRMAN

James M. Stickney, M.D. Minnesota

CO-CHAIRMAN

George A. Silver, M.D. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health

and Scientific Affairs

MEMBERS

Burns A. Dobbins, Jr . , M. D. Florida

Robert W. Gibson, M.D. Maryland

Martin J. Goodman, M.D. Oregon

Victor Ludewig District of Colubmia

Sister Mary Melanie Georgia

Thomas Nicholas, M.D. Wyoming

Nathan J . Stark Missouri

Theodore Tomita, M.D. Hawaii

Edmond K. Yantes, M.D. Ohio

DEPARTMENT RESOURCE PEOPLE

James Doarn, Regional Director Missouri

Erwin Hytner Bureau of Health Insurance

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SECRETARIES

Rose Keough Marcia Schuler