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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 ACP’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 (14)

Chair, who is a Regent; Vice-Chair, who is a Governor; Chair of Coding and Payment Subcommittee; nine 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, members-at-large serve one year terms renewable up to three times for a total of four years, unless extended by the Chair, Board of Regents.

2022-23 Members

William E. Fox, MD, FACP, Chair (Regent)
Fox and Brantley Internal Medicine, PLC
Charlottesville, VA
Specialty: Internal Medicine
wefox@hotmail.com

Robert B. Hauger, MD, FACP, Vice Chair (Governor)
Practicing Physician/Volunteer Faculty
Warren Clinic Internal Medicine
Tulsa, OK
Specialty: Internal Medicine
rbhauger@saintfrancis.com

Felicia L. Austin-Jordan, MD, MBA, FACP
Managing Physician
Kelsey Seybold Katy Clinic
Richmond, Texas
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Felicia.Jordan@kelsey-seybold.com

Sarah G. Candler, MD, MPH, FACP
Care Team Medical Director
Iora Primary Care
Houston, TX
Specialty: Internal Medicine
sarahcandler@gmail.com

Jason M. Goldman, MD, FACP (Regent)
Affiliate Assistant Professor of Clinical Biomedical Science
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Coral Springs, FL
Specialty: Internal Medicine, Other
goldmanmd@bellsouth.net

Stuart I. Henochowicz, MD, MBA, FACP (Governor)
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Department of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology
Georgetown University Medical School
Washington, DC
Specialty: Internal Medicine, Allergy and Immunology
henochmd@burkemed.net

Joshua M. Liao, MD, MSc, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine; Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Health
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Specialty: Hospital Medicine
joshliao@uw.edu

Scott Manaker, MD, PhD, MACP
Professor of Medicine
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Specialties: PUD, Critical Care
scott.manaker@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Kristin Mitchell, MD, FACP
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Central Peninsula Internal Medicine
Soldotna, AK
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Sleep Medicine
kmitchellfacp@gmail.com

Earl Stewart, Jr., M.D., FACP
Internal Medicine Physician
WellStar Medical Group at Vinings Jubilee
Atlanta, Georgia
Specialties: Internal Medicine
Earl.Stewart@wellstar.org

Anne Furey Schultz, MD, FACP (Governor)
LAVIN 21 Primary Care
Medical Director Primary Care
Chicago, IL
Specialty: Internal Medicine
annefschultz@gmail.com

Sue S. Bornstein, MD, FACP (Chair, Board of Regents)
(Ex-officio Member)
Executive Director
Texas Medical Home Initiative
Dallas, TX
Specialty: Internal Medicine
suebornstein@gmail.com

Ryan D. Mire, MD, FACP (President)
(Ex-officio Member)
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medical Education
University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Nashville, TN
Specialty: Internal Medicine
rdmire@gmail.com

Yoshito Nishimura, MD (CRFM)
Resident
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI
Specialty: Internal Medicine
yoshiton@hawaii.edu

Tracey Henry, MD, MPH, MS, FACP (CECP)
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Assistant Health Director
Emory University School of Medicine
Powder Springs, GA
Specialty: Internal Medicine
traceylhenry@gmail.com

Staff Liaison: Brian Outland boutland@acponline.org