Background
ALTMAN., Bronx Son of Sidney Altman and Florence Altman.
New York b 8 August 1937 Bronx
ALTMAN., Bronx Son of Sidney Altman and Florence Altman.
City College, of New York and University of California, Los Los Angeles
Assistant Secretary of Defense, Washington, District of Columbia 1964-1966. Assistant Professor, of Economics, Brown University 1966-1968, Association Professor 1968-1970. University Fellow and Director of Health Studies, Urban Institute 1970-1971.
Deputy Administration, Office of Health, Cost of Living Council, Department, of Health, Education and Welfare 1973-1974, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (Health) 1971-1976.
Visiting Lecturer, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley 1976-1977. Dean and Sol C. Chaikin Professor, of National Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University since 1977.
Chairman Prospective Payment Assessment Commission, United States Congress 1983-1986, 1986-1989.
The Growing Physician Surplus: Will it Benefit or Bankrupt the United States Health System 1982, Ambulatory Care: Problems of Cost and Access (with others) 1985. Will the Medicare Prospective Payment System Succeed? Technical Adjustments Can Make the Difference 1986 and other pubis. Leisure interests
sailing, cross-country skiing, boating and tennis.
North.A.S. Institute of Medicine (member Governing Council 1982-1983). Board, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars, Board Beth Israel Hospital, Brookline, Massachusetts since 1979.
Married Diane Kleinberg.