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Show William P. Moore has been re-elected to the Board of Directors of the Federation of American Hospitals. Moore is the administrator of Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful. FAH, THE national association associa-tion representing more than 1.000 investor-owned hospitals hospit-als and numerous hospital management companies, held itsannual meetingat the Hilton Hotel in San Francisco. Feb. 6-8. The convention theme. "Competition in Health Care." was addressed by the noted health care economist Alain Enthoven. Ph.D.: Nathan Stark, newly appointed under secretary of HEW: Sen. David Durenber- ger (R-Minn.). sponsor of the substitute amendment which the house passed last November Novem-ber as a replacement for the Carter Administration's mandatory man-datory cost control bill: Prof. Clark Havighurst of Duke University Uni-versity and Howard K. Smith. ABC-TV news commentator. SERVING FOR a one-year term on the Federation's 70-memberboard. 70-memberboard. Mr. Moore will play an important role in developing de-veloping policies and positions for the investor-owned industry. indus-try. This industry comprises more than 25 percent of the non-governmental hospitals in the U.S. As it enters the 80s. the Federation pledges to demonstrate demons-trate that the private sector can do a better job than government govern-ment in assuring quality health care delivered in a cost effective effec-tive manner. It rejects the pub lic utility-regulatory path and continues to support the health care industry's Voluntary Effort (VE). |