Rank: 75
James Mathews
Executive director, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Mathews came to MedPAC in 2007 from the Department of Health and Human Services, where he was a senior career official in the Office of Health Policy under the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. His healthcare policy career includes positions with the Government Accountability Office, Prospective Payment Assessment Commission, Office of Management and Budget, and Health Care Financing Administration, which is now the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Mathews speaks: “When a hospital or other provider is being efficient and still can’t stay in the black in Medicare, that’s cause for concern.”