Ralph W. Muller, CEO of the
University of Pennsylvania Health System, Re-Appointed
to Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
(Philadelphia, PA) – Ralph W. Muller,
Chief Executive Officer of the University of Pennsylvania
Health System (UPHS), has been re-appointed to serve
on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC),
for a second three year term. Muller has served on the
Commission since 2001. The appointment was announced
by David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United
States.
MedPAC is a 17-member nonpartisan Commission that advises
Congress on Medicare policies. The Balanced Budget Act
of 1997 (BBA) required that members of the Commission
be national experts in areas such as health finance,
health facility management, and health plans. While
the BBA did not explicitly designate Commission membership
for specific stakeholders, it did acknowledge that MedPAC
should include members with expertise in particular
areas, e.g., Medicare payment policies for teaching
hospitals.
Muller took over the helm of the University of Pennsylvania
Health System in 2003 and, as CEO, is responsible for
the organizational effectiveness and financial health
of a $2.0 billion enterprise that includes four hospitals,
a faculty practice plan, a primary-care provider network,
three multi-specialty satellite facilities, and home
care, hospice care, and long-term care. In addition,
he works in tandem with PENN Medicine leadership on
many fronts, especially the implementation of the organization’s
strategic plan.
“Ralph Muller’s extraordinary grasp of health
care economics, especially as they relate to academic
medical centers, makes him a valuable resource for the
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission,” states
Arthur Rubenstein, MBBCh, Executive
Vice President of the University of Pennsylvania for
the Health System and Dean of the School of Medicine.
“His leadership in the health care market has
earned him the respect of his peers as well as those
in governmental circles.”
Prior to coming to UPHS, Muller served as President,
CEO, and Trustee at the University of Chicago Hospitals
and Health System for 17 years. He was chairman of the
Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) from
1999–2000 and of the Council of Teaching Hospitals
from 1997-98. He is also a Fellow of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Muller has written and lectured extensively on health
care topics.
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School of Medicine (founded in 1765 as the nation’s
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Health System (created in 1993 as the nation’s
first integrated academic health system).
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schools. Supporting 1,400 fulltime faculty and 700 students,
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superior education and training of the next generation
of physician-scientists and leaders of academic medicine.
Penn Health System consists of four hospitals (including
its flagship Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania,
consistently rated one of the nation’s “Honor
Roll” hospitals by U.S. News & World Report),
a faculty practice plan, a primary-care provider network,
three multispecialty satellite facilities, and home
health care and hospice.
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