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October 26, 2007

Panelists Named For Senate Committee's Hospital Roundtable

Sen. Charles Grassley’s office has released the list of participants for next Tuesday’s discussion on tax rules for nonprofit hospitals.

The panelists include:

• David Benfer, chief executive of Saint Raphael Healthcare System in New Haven, Conn.

• Paula Bussard, senior vice president of policy and regulatory services for The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg

• John Colombo, law professor at University of Illinois College of Law in Champaign, Ill.

• David Crane, chief executive for Adventist Midwest Health in Illinois

• Nancy Davenport-Ennis, chief executive and president of the Patient Advocate Foundation in Newport News, Va.

• Matt Fishman, vice president for community health for Partners HealthCare in Boston

• Keith Hearle, president of Verite Healthcare Consulting in Washington

• Nancy Kane, professor of management for the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston

• Ralph Lawson, national director of the Healthcare Financial Management Association in Washington, DC and chief financial officer for Baptist Health South Florida in Coral Gables, Fla.

• Frank McLoughlin, an official with Community Catalyst in Boston

• Anne Murphy, partner and chair of Chicago Health Law Team for Holland & Knight LLP in Chicago

• Lena O’Rourke, deputy director of government affairs for Families USA in Washington

• Michael Rodgers, senior vice president of advocacy public policy for Catholic Health Association in Washington

• Sabra Rosener, government relations counsel for the Iowa Health System in Des Moines, Iowa

• Mark Rukavina, executive director of the Access Project in Boston

• Michael Sanders, partner at Powell, Goldstein, LLP in Washington

• Lauren Sobel, senior staff attorney for Consumers Union in Yonkers, N.Y.

• Bruce Steinwald, director of health care for the U.S. Government Accountability Office in Washington

• Nicholas Wolter, a trustee for the American Hospital Association in Washington and chief executive of the Billings Clinic in Billings, Montana

• Chris Wunder, President of ACA International in Minneapolis

The discussion will center on whether federal tax rules that govern the practices of nonprofit hospitals need revision.

— Peter Panepento

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