LIST OF WITNESSES TO APPEAR BEFORE
COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH
ON RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING MEDICARE HOSPITAL
AND PHYSICIAN PAYMENT POLICIES



THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1997 - BEGINNING AT 1:00 P.M.
ROOM 1100 LONGWORTH HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING



PANEL:

Joseph Newhouse, Ph.D., Chairman, Prospective Payment Assessment Commission;
accompanied by
Donald A. Young, M.D., Executive Director, Prospective Payment Assessment Commission

Gail R. Wilensky, Ph.D., Chair, Physician Payment Review Commission;
accompanied by
Lauren LeRoy, Ph.D., Executive Director, Physician Payment Review Commission



PANEL:

Thomas Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, Kaweah Delta Health Care District Hospital, Visalia, California, on behalf of the American Hospital Association

Thomas A. Scully, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federation of American Health Systems

Larry S. Gage, President, National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems



PANEL:

Thomas R. Reardon, M.D., Vice Chair, American Medical Association

Alan R. Nelson, M.D., Executive Vice President, American Society of Internal Medicine

Michael Maves, M.D., Executive Director, American Academy of Otalaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Alexandria, Virginia, on behalf of the Practice Expense Coalition

Patrick B. Harr, M.D., President, American Academy of Family Physicians