Revised 5/3/99

UNITED STATES SENATE

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Hearing on Medicare Subvention

Tuesday, May 4, 1999 at 10:00 a.m. in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building

WITNESS LIST

I. The Honorable Arlen Specter, Senator from the State of Pennsylvania; Washington, D.C.

II. A panel consisting of:

The Honorable Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C.

Robert A. Berenson, M.D. Director, Center for Health Plans and Providers, Health Care Financing Administration; Washington, D.C.

Rear Admiral Thomas F. Carrato, Chief Operating Officer, Tricare Management Activity; Falls Church, VA

Kenneth W. Kizer, M.D., Under Secretary for Health, Department of Veterans Affairs; Washington, D.C.

III. A panel consisting of:

William J. Scanlon, Ph.D. Director, Health Financing and Systems Issues, General Accounting Office; Washington, D.C.

Stephen P. Backhus, Director, Veterans' Affairs and Military Health Care Issues; General Accounting Office; Washington, D.C.

James E. Woys, Chief Operating Officer, Foundation Health Federal Services; Rancho Cordova, CA

Jo Ann K. Webb, Program Director, Health Policy Analysis, Paralyzed Veterans of America; Washington, DC