Medical Practice and Quality Committee

Charge

1) Provide recommendations to the Board of Regents regarding national, state or local public policies for improving access, payment, benefits, coding, documentation, and medical review; and 2) address issues related to the implementation of these policies in practice. Develop programs to support the quality, safety, value and affordability of patient care. Provide advice to staff on the policy direction of 바카라 사리트’s interactions with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and other relevant entities on these issues and advise the BOR of these perspectives.

Composition (15)

Chair, who is a Regent; Vice Chair, who is a Governor; Chair of Coding and Payment Subcommittee; ten members to include at least one Regent, at least one Governor, one Resident/Fellow member and one Early Career Physician member.

The President and Chair of the Board of Regents are ex officio, voting members.

Terms

Chair, Vice Chair, and members serve one-year terms renewable up to three times for a total of four years, unless extended by the Chair, Board of Regents. The early career physician and resident/fellow member positions are appointed according to the BOR-approved policy for council appointments.

2025-26 Members

Leslie F. Algase, MD, F바카라 사리트, Chair (Regent)
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Honeoye Falls, NY
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Clyde Watkins, Jr., MD, F바카라 사리트, Vice Chair (Governor)
Chief Medical Director - Georgia Market
Village Medical
Atlanta, GA
Specialties: Internal Medicine

Felicia Austin-Jordan, MD, MBA, M바카라 사리트
Managing Physician
Kelsey Seybold Katy Clinic
Richmond, Texas
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Amy L. Davis, DO, M바카라 사리트
Clinical Associate Professor & Independent Physician
Palliative Medicine & Supportive Care
Bryn Mawr, PA
Specialties: Hospice & Palliative Medicine/Internal Medicine

Martha L. Gray, MD, F바카라 사리트
Founder Partner
Internal Medicine Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Matthew F. Hollon, MD, MPH, M바카라 사리트 (Regent)
Clinical Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine
University of Washington
Spokane, WA
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Stephen M. Mohring, MD, F바카라 사리트
Associate Professor (Clinician-Educator)
Division of General Internal Medicine
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Steve P. Saunders, MBBS, F바카라 사리트 (Governor)
Physician Executive, Hillcrest Hospital
Prisma Health
Greenville, SC
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Catherine M. Smitas, MD, F바카라 사리트
Senior Medical Director at Aledade
Schenectady, NY
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Judith Steinberg, MD, MPH, F바카라 사리트
Faculty Affiliate
Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care
Tolland, MA
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Ross B. Vaughn, MD, F바카라 사리트 (Governor)
Clinical Adjunct Professor of Medicine
Department of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine
College of Community Health Sciences
Tuscaloosa, AL
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Rebecca A. Andrews, MD, F바카라 사리트 (Chair, Board of Regents)
(ex officio)
Professor of Medicine
Associate Program Director/Dir. Ambulatory Education,
Internal Medicine Residency
Connecticut Health Center
Collinsville, CT
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Jason M. Goldman, MD, F바카라 사리트 (President)
(ex officio)
President, Jason M. Goldman Private Practice
Coral Springs, FL
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Other

Elizabeth C. Ghandakly, MD (CRFM)
Resident Physician
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland Heights, OH
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Brittany Kizer Stovall, MD, F바카라 사리트 (CECP)
Assistant Clinical Professor
USCSOMG and PRISMA Health Upstate
Simpsonville, SC
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Staff Liaison: Brian Outland boutland@acponline.org

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