Home Health & Hospice Week

Competitive Bidding Program Advisory and Oversight Committee

Published on Thu Sep 30, 2004

HME Industry Representatives:

1. Cara Bachenheimer - Vice President of Government Relations, Invacare Corp.

2. Mary Benhardus - Founder and controlling owner, Handi Medical Supply Inc.

3. Asela Cuervo - Senior Vice President, American Association for Homecare.

4. Lawrence Higby - President and CFO, Apria Healthcare Inc.

5. Rita Hostak - Vice President, Home Healthcare Group of Sunrise Medical Inc.

6. Dave Kazynski - President, Van G. Miller & Associates's HOMELINK division.

7. William Popomaronis - Vice President, Long-Term/Home Health Care Pharmacy Services, National Community Pharmacists Association.

8. Don Vliegenthart. M.D. - Medical Director, Hoveround Corp.

9. Daniel Waldmann - Director of Federal Affairs, Johnson & Johnson, Inc.

Other (clinicians, payers, accreditation organizations, consumer advocates):

10. Robert Baum - Program Manager for the Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service, Strategic Healthcare Group, Veterans Health Administration (VA) Central office, Washington, DC.

11. Henry Claypool - Expert adviser to Social Security Administration's Deputy Commissioner to advise on Interim Medical Benefits. Consumer advocate.

12. David Gray - Associate Professor of Neurology and Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy, Washington University School of Medicine.

13. Don Hawley, D.D.S. - Program Director, Utah Department of Health, Division of Utah Health Care Financing.

14. Anthony Filippis - President and CEO, Wright & Filippis. Practicing certified prosthetist/orthotist.

15. Alan McMullen - Cost Reimbursement Analyst, Medical Assistance Administration, Department of Social & Health Services, State of Washington.

16. Jean Minkel - Founder and President, Minkel Consulting. Specializes in Assistive technology.

17. Maryanne Popovich - Executive Director, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).

18. John Prassas - Director, Corporate Provider Development & Contracting, PacifiCare Health Plans.

19. Chris Reisdorf - Manager, Benefit Policy Unit - Minnesota Health Care Programs - Medical Assistance, General Assistance Medical Care, and Minnesota Care programs.

20. David Van Sleet - Prosthetics Manager, Department of Veterans Affairs, New England Healthcare System.

21. Ken Viste, M.D. - Medical Director, Physical Rehabilitation Unit Mercy Medical Center and Staff Physician, St. Agnes Hospital.

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