Full Committee Hearing

Roundtable to Discuss Reforming America’s Health Care Delivery System

Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 Time: 10:00 AM Location: 216 Hart Senate Office Building

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Member Statements

  1. Senator Max Baucus (D - MT)
  2.  Chuck Grassley (R - IA)

Witnesses

  1. Allan Korn, M.D
    Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Office of Clinical Affairs
    Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
    Washington , DC
  2. Glenn Hackbarth, J.D.
    Chairman
    Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
    Washington , DC
  3. Peter Lee, J.D
    Executive Director, National Health Policy
    Pacific Business Group on Health
    San Francisco , CA
  4. The Honorable Mark McClellan, M.D., Ph.D.
    Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform
    Brookings Institution
    Washington , DC
  5. Lewis Morris, J.D
    Chief Counsel to the Inspector General
    Office of Counsel to the Inspector General
    Washington , DC
  6. Mary Naylor, Ph.D., FAAN, RN
    Marian S. Ware Professor in Gerontology
    University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
    Philadelphia , PA
  7. Debra Ness
    President
    National Partnership for Women and Families
    Washington , DC
  8. Frank Opelka, M.D., FACS
    Professor of Surgery and Vice Chancellor for Clinical Affairs, Office of the Chancellor
    Louisiana State University, Health Science Center
    New Orleans , LA
  9. Glenn Steele Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
    President
    Geisinger Health System
    Danville , PA
  10. John Tooker, M.D., MBA, FACP
    Executive Vice President/Chief Executive Officer
    American College of Physicians
    Philadelphia , PA
  11. Richard J. Umbdenstock
    FACHE, President and CEO
    American Hospital Association
    Washington , DC
  12. Ron Williams
    Chairman and CEO
    Aetna Inc.
    Hartford , CT
  13. Paul Diaz, J.D.
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    Kindred Healthcare, Inc.
    Louisville , KY

Related Files

Roundtable Discussions on Comprehensive Health Care Reform

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