Panelists Named For Senate Committee’s Hospital Roundtable

Sen. Charles Grassley’s office has released the list of participants for next Tuesday’s discussion on tax rules for nonprofit hospitals.

The panelists include:

• David Benfer, chief executive of Saint Raphael Healthcare System in New Haven, Conn.

• Paula Bussard, senior vice president of policy and regulatory services for The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg

• John Colombo, law professor at University of Illinois College of Law in Champaign, Ill.

• David Crane, chief executive for Adventist Midwest Health in Illinois

• Nancy Davenport-Ennis, chief executive and president of the Patient Advocate Foundation in Newport News, Va.

• Matt Fishman, vice president for community health for Partners HealthCare in Boston

• Keith Hearle, president of Verite Healthcare Consulting in Washington

• Nancy Kane, professor of management for the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston

• Ralph Lawson, national director of the Healthcare Financial Management Association in Washington, DC and chief financial officer for Baptist Health South Florida in Coral Gables, Fla.

• Frank McLoughlin, an official with Community Catalyst in Boston

• Anne Murphy, partner and chair of Chicago Health Law Team for Holland & Knight LLP in Chicago

• Lena O’Rourke, deputy director of government affairs for Families USA in Washington

• Michael Rodgers, senior vice president of advocacy public policy for Catholic Health Association in Washington

• Sabra Rosener, government relations counsel for the Iowa Health System in Des Moines, Iowa

• Mark Rukavina, executive director of the Access Project in Boston

• Michael Sanders, partner at Powell, Goldstein, LLP in Washington

• Lauren Sobel, senior staff attorney for Consumers Union in Yonkers, N.Y.

• Bruce Steinwald, director of health care for the U.S. Government Accountability Office in Washington

• Nicholas Wolter, a trustee for the American Hospital Association in Washington and chief executive of the Billings Clinic in Billings, Montana

• Chris Wunder, President of ACA International in Minneapolis

The discussion will center on whether federal tax rules that govern the practices of nonprofit hospitals need revision.