LIST OF WITNESSES TO APPEAR BEFORE
COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH
MEDICARE REFORM:
BRINGING REGULATORY RELIEF TO BENEFICIARIES AND PROVIDERS


THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2001 - BEGINNING AT 10:00 A.M.
ROOM 1100 LONGWORTH HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING


Opening Statement:


PANEL:

Richard F. Corlin, M.D., President-Elect, American Medical Association

Gary Mecklenburg, President and Chief Executive Officer, Northwestern Memorial Healthcare, Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of the American Hospital Association

Mary K. Ousley, Senior Vice President, Health Services, Marriot Senior Living Services, Bethesda, Maryland, on behalf of American Health Care Association

Susan Wilson, RN, MPH, Vice President, Clinical Operations, and Chief Operating Officer, Visiting Nurse Association of Central Connecticut, Inc.,  and President, Board of Directors, Connecticut Association for Home Care, and Member, National Association for Home Care; and Supplemental Statement


PANEL:

Toby S. Edelman, Attorney, Healthcare Rights Project, Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc., and Member, Board of Directors, National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform; and Supplemental Statement

George F. Grob, Deputy Inspector General, Office of the Inspector General, Office of Evaluation and Inspections, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D., Director, Domestic Policy Studies, Heritage Foundation

The Honorable Gail R. Wilensky, Ph.D., John M. Olin Senior Fellow, Project HOPE, Bethesda, Maryland, and Chair, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (former Administrator for the Health Care Financing Administration)