Thomas Ricketts, a health policy and management professor at UNC-CH, has been appointed to serve on the National Health Care Workforce Commission, established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The Commission will make recommendations to Congress as lawmakers continue to address issues associated with health policy. Ricketts also serves on the National Veterans Health Advisory Committee.
Read more about Ricketts’ appointment in this article from the Daily Tar Heel, “Professor lends voice to health policy debate,” October 28, 2010.