William Golden – Arkansas William E. Golden, M.D. MACP is a Professor of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Arkansas where he was director general internal medicine for 20 years. He is currently the Medical Director of Arkansas Medicaid and is the clinical lead for the program’s multi-payer payment reform initiative. From 1992-2008, he was VP for Quality Improvement of the Arkansas QIO and designed numerous statewide projects and for Medicare and Medicaid. A past Chair the Board of Regents of the American College of Physicians, Dr. Golden served on the Board of Directors of the NQF from 2001-2004 and was President of the American Health Quality Association from 1997-2000.