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Sign up for the COMPLIMENTARY Becker's Hospital Review CEO Report & CFO Report E-Weeklies at www.BeckersHospitalReview.com or call (800) 417-2035 the Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, where he graduated medical school. Daniel Levinson, JD. As the senior official within the HHS Office of Inspector General, Mr. Levinson oversees all audits, investigations, compliance initiatives and other projects related to combating fraud and abuse in Medicare, Medicaid and other HHS programs. He has served as inspector general since 2004, and he also serves on the Government Accountability and Transparency Board. Over the past few years, the OIG has released several major reports. For example, in 2013, the OIG found that high hospital charges lead to excessive Medicare outlier payments to hospitals. The OIG has also scrutinized the critical access hospital program, saying Medicare could save hundreds of millions of dollars annually if CAHs followed all requirements. In addition, the agency has ramped up Medicare and Medicaid compliance reviews at virtually every provider across the country. Prior to his work at the OIG, Mr. Levinson was deputy general counsel of the Office of Personnel Management. Kevin Lofton. Since 2003, Mr. Lofton has led 87-hospital Catholic Health Initiatives, based in Englewood, Colo. CHI has annual operating revenue of more than $12 billion and nearly 86,000 employees. CHI continues to grow — it acquired St. Luke's Episcopal Health System in Houston in the middle of 2013 — and the system also issued $1.7 billion in taxable and tax-exempt bonds to fund market expansion, IT infrastructure, insurance products, clinically integrated networks and ACOs. Prior to CHI, Mr. Lofton served as CEO of the University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham and CEO of Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C. He also was the American Hospital Association board of directors chair in 2007. James Madara, MD. Dr. Madara, a pathologist and expert on cell biology and gastrointestinal disease, was named executive vice president and CEO of the American Medical Association in 2011. The AMA is one of the most influential physician lobbying groups in America, posting $274 million of revenue in 2012. Since Dr. Madara took the helm, the AMA has advanced several issues to the forefront, including a permanent fix to the sustainable growth rate, which determines Medicare reimbursements to physicians, medical liability reform, delays in ICD-10 and developing quality metrics for federal programs. Before leading the AMA, Dr. Madara was CEO of the University of Chicago Medical Center. He has received several national and international awards for his studies and research, including a MERIT Award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. John Noseworthy, MD. Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., is a pioneering U.S. institution for medical discoveries, and it has been touted for its healthcare model centered on an integrated physician group practice. Dr. Noseworthy, a renowned neurologist, has served as president and CEO of Mayo Clinic since 2009 after serving as chair of its department of neurology. During Dr. Noseworthy's tenure, Mayo has greatly expanded its reach and developed new models of efficient care. The $8.8 billion organization has more than 61,000 physicians, scientists, residents and other personnel. It has two major clinic campuses outside of Minnesota, one in Arizona and another in Florida. In 2013, Dr. Noseworthy, who received his medical training in Canada, also launched Mayo's "Destination Medical Center" initiative, which he says will secure Mayo's and Minnesota's status as a global medical hub: "Ten years from now, there will emerge just a few medical centers with the reputation for healthcare excellence and patient-focused outcomes that will attract patients from all over the world. Mayo Clinic intends to be one of them." President Barack Obama. President Obama, the 44th and current president of the United States, has etched his name into the history books, enacting the most sweeping healthcare reform since the inception of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. In 2010, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law, and many of its major provisions have already taken form. These include ACOs, value-based purchasing, bundled payments, readmissions reductions and several changes to the health insurance industry, such as no more cancellations due to pre-existing conditions and the mandate to buy coverage starting in 2014. The PPACA has endured some hiccups as well: The Supreme Court ruled in 2012 that states could not be required to expand Medicaid, and rollout of the federal health insurance exchanges via HealthCare.gov has been rocky at best. President Obama's healthcare law may Transform Your Clinical Documentation for Accurate Reimbursement For Physicians By Physicians. 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