The Congressional Budget Office's Panel of Health Advisers consists of widely recognized experts in health policy and the health care sector who have a variety of backgrounds, areas of expertise, and experience. CBO hosts an annual meeting of the panel so that its members can discuss important issues in their respective fields and advise the agency on its analysis. CBO also engages with members of the panel throughout the year: The agency may, for example, call on them for advice about addressing analytical questions that arise in the preparation of studies and cost estimates. Through that engagement, CBO and its analysis benefit from the advisers' understanding of recent research and real-world developments in health care delivery and financing. Although the advisers provide considerable assistance, they bear no responsibility for CBO's work; that responsibility rests solely with the agency.
Today, I am pleased to announce the members of the Panel of Health Advisers for this year:
- Katherine Baicker
- Michael Chernew
- Jeffrey Clemens
- Heather Dlugolenski
- Erin Fraher
- Craig Garthwaite
- Darrell Gaskin
- Anne Karl
- Lisa Lee
- Patricia MacTaggart
- David Meltzer
- Sergio Santiviago
- Kosali Simon
- Cori Uccello
- Melanie Whittington
Members of the panel are selected to represent a variety of perspectives, which helps CBO gather information and insights from individual experts and their discussions with one another at periodic panel meetings. The panelists' affiliations are shown on CBO's website. CBO requires panelists to disclose any substantial political activity and any significant financial interests to the agency.
CBO also has a Panel of Economic Advisers.
Phillip L. Swagel is CBO's Director.