Arizona Governance

Pursuant to CMS regulation, the HSAG Board of Directors must include:

• Representatives from a variety of health care settings.
• At least one consumer representative.
• A membership under which at least two-thirds of its members are independent and have not been
  compensated by the QIO for non-governing body services.
• A membership of which officers comprise no more than 20 percent.
• A cap on consecutive governing body member service time of six years. One member can be exempt
  from the six-year term, but no board member may exceed nine consecutive years of board service.

The composition of HSAG's Board of Directors is as follows:

Board of Directors

Member Name	Date of Appointment	Affiliation
Lawrence J. Shapiro, MD	01/01/2009	Health Services Holdings, Inc.
Otis Wolkins—Compliance Committee Chair	06/02/2011	No Affiliation
James D.R. Steven, MHA	06/02/2011	AARP of Arizona; Medicare Beneficiary and Consumer Representative
Leonard Kirschner, MD	08/02/2010	AARP of Arizona
Amanda Weaver, MBA	08/01/2008	Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association
Bruce Bethancourt, MD, FACP	08/01/2008	Banner Medical Group
Walter J. Nieri, MD	08/01/2008	Sun Health Research Institute

Appointment of additional board members will occur at the expiration of a present member's term.
Each board member is reimbursed $1,000 per quarterly meeting attended.