Dr. Peter Szilagyi, a professor of pediatrics, has been appointed by the United States Government Accountability Office to the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Payment and Access Commission.
The commission's role is to review Medicaid and CHIP access and payment policies and to advise Congress on issues affecting those programs.
Szilagyi, vice chair for clinical research in the Department of Pediatrics and one of the leaders of the UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute, has researched CHIP and child health insurance, access to care, quality of care, and health outcomes, including the delivery of primary care with a focus on immunization delivery, health care financing and children with chronic disease. He is editor-in-chief of Academic Pediatrics and has served as president of the Academic Pediatric Association. Szilagyi received his medical and public health degrees from the University of Rochester.
