In addition, she was a member of President Clinton’s Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry from 1997 to 1998,[23] served on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission from 1999 to 2004,[2][24] and was appointed a member of the National Advisory Committee to HRSA’s Office of Rural Health Policy in 1999.[8] She served a three-year term as a member of the National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality from 2001 to 2004.[4][23]