On May 21, 2007, the appointments of three new members and the reappointments of four current members to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) were announced. The three new members are Thomas M. Dean, M.D., a board-certified family physician in South Dakota and former president of the National Rural Health Association; Jack C. Ebeler, a consultant in health care policy, focusing on the Federal policy environment and the changing health care marketplace; and Bruce Stuart, Ph.D., a professor and Executive Director of the Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and Aging at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, who is appointed to complete the remainder of Douglas Holtz-Eakin's term following Holtz-Eakin's resignation from MedPAC effective May 2, 2007. The reappointed members are John M. Bertko, F.S.A., M.A.A.A., Vice President and Chief Actuary, Humana, Inc.; Francis J. Crosson, M.D., Executive Director, the Permanente Federation, LLC; Arnold Milstein, M.D. M.P.H., Medical Director, Pacific Business Group on Health; and William J. Scanlon, Ph.D., health policy consultant.