Below is the uncorrected machine-read text of this chapter, intended to provide our own search engines and external engines with highly rich, chapter-representative searchable text of each book. Because it is UNCORRECTED material, please consider the following text as a useful but insufficient proxy for the authoritative book pages.
Rosenthal Lectures Contributors (1988-1989) ROBERT }. BLENDON is professor and chairman of the Department of Health Policy and Management at Harvard University's School of Public Health. Formerly he served as senior vice president of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr. Blendon has published exten- sively in major health journals, including pieces on Medicaid and indigent care, medicine in China, and health professions manpower issues. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine and served as moderator for the 1988-1989 Rosenthal Lecture Series. KAREN DAVIS is an IOM Council Member and chairman of the Department of Health Policy and Management in the School of Hy- giene and Public Health at The Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Davis is a distinguished health care economist and health services researcher. Her previous appointments have included posts as deputy assistant secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), administrator of the Public Health Re- sources Administration, and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. RASHI FEIN has been professor of the economics of medicine at Harvard Medical School since 1968. He has written extensively on medical care, 51
its organization, and financing, including a widely read book on Medical Care, Medical Costs: The Search for a Health Insurance Policy. Dr. Fein's other research interests include the economics of education, migration, race, and manpower problems. Professor Fein is a member of the Institute of Medicine. STANLEY B. JONES is a private consultant and a well-known expert on health insurance and the financing of health care services. From 1986 to 1989 he served as vice president of Consolidated Healthcare, Inc., an insurance and health care management consulting group. In the early 1980s he was vice president of the Washington office for the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Associations. During the 1970s, Mr. Jones was on the staff of the Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee and directed that staff in 1976 and 1977. Mr. Jones is a member of the Institute of Medicine. LAWRENCE S. LEWIN is president of Lewin/ICF, Inc., a public policy research and management consulting firm in Washington, D.C. He has directed and conducted policy management studies for both govern- ment and private-sector clients and has also served on a variety of task forces and advisory commissions. Over the past years, Mr. Lewin and his firm have worked with a number of states and national organizations to formulate policies and programs for improving access to care for the medically underserved. Mr. Lewin is a member of the Institute of Medicine. SCOTT M. MATHESON is an attorney with Parsons, Behle, &. Latimer in Salt Lake City, Utah. He served as governor of Utah from 1976 until 1984. In 1983 he was named to the Advisory Council on Intergovern- mental Relations (ACIR) by President Reagan. Mr. Matheson was chairman of the National Governors' Association in 1982 and 1983 and headed that organization's Agenda for the 80s Task Force. For the past several years, Mr. Matheson has been actively involved in The Health Policy Agenda for the American People, a consortia of 172 public and private organizations organized in 1982 by the American 52
Medical Association to address America's long-term health care policy needs and to create a framework for future direction. SENATOR GEORGE J. MITCHELL (D-Maine) is now the majority leader of the Senate. Previous to that, he served as chairman of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health. He was appointed to the Senate in 1980 and elected to a full term in 1982. Senator Mitchell has played a leading role in formulating legislation to expand Medicaid and to enhance insurance coverage under Medicare for long-term care. ROBERT E. PATRICELLI is president and chief executive officer of Value Health, Inc., a company formed by him in 1987 to acquire and develop science-based, specialty managed health care businesses. Prior to his current responsibilities, he served as executive vice president of CIGNA Corporation, one of the country's largest and most innovative insurers. From 1965 to 1977, Mr. Patricelli held numerous positions in the federal government. He was chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Health Care Council and now is chairman of its Mandated Benefits Subcommittee. 53
Through the generosity of the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation a five-year lecture series has recently been established at the Institute of Medicine to bring to greater attention some of the critical health policy issues facing our country today. Each year a topic of special policy relevance is selected and addressed in three lectures held in conjunction with the Institute of Medicine Council meetings. The lectures are later published and distributed to a wider audience. For information about the Rosenthal Lecture Series, contact Marion Ein Leivin, Senior Staff Officer, Institute ofMedicine,2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20418 (202) 334-1506.
