Full Committee Hearing

Medicaid Waste, Fraud and Abuse: Threatening the Health Care Safety Net


Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 Time: 10:00 AM Location: 216 Hart Senate Office Building

Member Statements


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

Witnesses


Panel I

  1. Beatrice Manning
    Relator
    Qui Tam
  2. Timothy Coleman
    Associate Deputy Attorney General
    Department of Justice
    Washington , DC
  3. Robert Vito
    Regional Inspector General for Evaluations and Inspections
    Office of the Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services
    Philadelphia , PA
  4. Patrick, Jr. O'Connell
    Assistant Attorney General
    Office of the Attorney General, State of Texas
    Austin , TX

Panel II

  1. Daniel O'Brien
    Senior Vice President
    Erickson Retirement Communities
    Baltimore , MD
  2. Ruth Pundt
    Resident
    Erickson Retirement Communities
    Parkville , MD
  3. Julie Stone-Axelrad
    Specialist in Social Legislation
    Congressional Research Service
    Washington , DC
  4. Paul Pickerell
    Manager
    Financial Recoveries Division, Oregon Department of Human Services
    Eugene , OR
  5. Joyce Ruddock
    Vice President
    Long Term Care Division, MetLife Insurance on behalf of American Council of Life Insurers
    Westport , CT
  6. Judy Feder
    Dean
    Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University
    Washington , DC

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