The US Government Accountability Office appointed Amol Navathe, co-director of the Healthcare Transformation Institute and associate director of the Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics at Penn, to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). Congress established MedPAC in 1997 to analyze access to care, cost and quality of care and other key issues affecting Medicare. MedPAC advises Congress on payments to providers in Medicare’s traditional fee-for-service programs and to health plans participating in the Medicare Advantage program. Dr. Navathe, assistant professor at Penn and staff physician at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, and his research group designs, tests and evaluates payment models for national insurers and state Blue Cross-Blue Shield plans. He also leads the American Hospital Association’s national bundled payment collaborative to disseminate evidence-based best practices. He received his MD from Penn Medicine and his PhD in health-care management and economics from Penn’s Wharton School.