Our achievements as a Committee trace directly to the bipartisan tone you set, and the spirit of comity and cooperation ...
Chairman Nelson, before we get started, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the extraordinary leaders...
Indeed, we have held eight hearings on frauds and other scams targeting our seniors.
This incredibly important topic has rightfully been the focus of much of our hearings during the past two years.
I want to take this opportunity to personally thank you for your leadership of this committee, which has been tremendous...
It is fitting that the last hearing you and I will lead as Chair and Ranking Member examines once again the problem of s...
I believe, along with Senator Kaine, that stretching the AUMF from 2001 or 2002 to cover this situation renders the cons...
I just encourage all of us to think about children, about the problems they face, and about our responsibility to help t...
It is clear that they are producing unintended consequences because of the way the incentive structure is set up.
I just cannot imagine anyone who is ill and has been put into a hospital bed making a distinction or even realizing ther...
A very logical assumption to make.
What we really need to do with the Medicare program to reduce improper payments, whether it is fraud or mistakes, is to ...
to expect a beneficiary to understand whether or not they have been in a hospital bed as an inpatient versus in observat...
Those are terrible cases, because not only is there unnecessary suffering, but there is greater expense to the system in...
I appreciate you calling this hearing to highlight the increasing use of hospital observation stays and the financial im...
I want to start my questioning with Dr. Sheehy and Ms. Borgstrom.
Thank you very much for your testimony.
I think the best argument to be made there is it puts more people on the road during the daylight hours.
