Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell announced on September 14 his appointments to six task forces that will be working in coordination with his Health Reform Initiative Advisory Council to help develop a comprehensive health care reform strategy for the Commonwealth. Sixty-five distinguished appointees will serve on task forces examining Medicaid reform, insurance reform, service delivery and payment reform, service capacity, technology, and health care purchasing issues. Governor McDonnell and Secretary of Health and Human Resources William Hazel, M.D., emphasized the importance of offering affordable health care to all Virginians in an economically responsible manner. The initial task force meetings were completed on September 21 and 22.

About Tom Entrikin

A former policy specialist with the U.S. Health Care Financing Administration (now Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)), Tom Entrikin has vast experience providing technical assistance to states on Medicaid eligibility, coverage, and reimbursement; provider certification and enrollment; program integrity; recovery of third party liabilities; Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) performance specifications and operations; interagency agreements; contracts with managed care organizations; and Medicaid waiver programs.

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