Vladeck was nominated by President Clinton on March 5, 1993; confirmed by the Senate May 24; and sworn in as HCFA administrator on May 26, 1993.
Vladeck came to HCFA from the United Hospital Fund of New York in New York City, where he had been president since 1983. He directed the fund's involvement in grantmaking, health services, research and policy development in New York City's health care. Vladeck also was a member of the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission, the New York State Council on Health Care Financing and the New York State AIDS Advisory Council.
Prior to joining the United Hospital Fund, Vladeck was assistant vice president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Princeton, N.J., during 1982-1983. He served as New Jersey's assistant commissioner for health planning and resources from 1979-1982. From 1974-1979, Vladeck taught public health and political science at Columbia University.
Vladeck was a director of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corp. and a trustee of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. He also served as a member of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, where he chaired the committee on health care for homeless people.
Vladeck received a bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1970. He received a master's degree in 1972 and a Ph.D. in political science in 1973, both from the University of Michigan.
He is the author of "Unloving Care: The Nursing Home Tragedy," published in 1981, and of many articles and book chapters on various subjects.
Vladeck was born in New York City on Sept. 13, 1949. He is married to the former Fredda Wellin of Detroit, Mich., and they have three children.