• Overview
• Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) Program Advisory Board)
• Health Information Technology Policy Committee
• Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC)
• Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)
• National Health Care Workforce Commission
• Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Governing Board
• Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Methodology Committee

Health Information Technology (HIT) Policy Committee

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act requires the Comptroller General of the United States to appoint 13 of 20 members to the HIT Policy Committee, a body which makes recommendations on creating a policy framework for the development and adoption of a nationwide health information technology infrastructure, including standards for the exchange of patient medical information.

The Act requires the Comptroller General of the United States to appoint 13 members across 10 different categories including: advocates for patients or consumers, representatives of health care providers, including 1 physician, labor organizations representing health care workers, expert in health information privacy and security, expert in improving the health of vulnerable populations, research community representative, representative of health plans or other third-party payers, representative of information technology vendors, representative of purchasers or employers, and expert in health care quality measurement and reporting. Members may be reappointed for subsequent terms. An additional seven members will be appointed to the committee by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Majority and Minority leaders of the Senate, and the Speaker and Minority leader of the House of Representatives.

As the result of terms ending in April 2013, GAO is accepting nominations of individuals for two openings on the committee in the following categories of representation or expertise required in ARRA:  advocate for patients or consumers and a member from a labor organization representing health care workers.  For appointments to the HIT Policy committee to be made by April 1, 2013 in these categories, letters of nomination and resumes should be submitted between February 1 and 22, 2013 to  ensure adequate opportunity for review and consideration of nominees. Please submit letters to Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General, at either HITcommittee@gao.gov or Government Accountability Office, 441 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20548.

For more information, please visit the HIT Policy Committee webpage or contact Mary Giffin of GAO's Health Care team at (202) 512-7114 or Chuck Young in GAO's Office of Public Affairs at (202) 512-4800.

Notices of Appointments:

• Appointments as of May 2013
• Appointment, May 2013
• Appointments as of September 2012