I believe, along with Senator Kaine, that stretching the AUMF from 2001 or 2002 to cover this situation renders the cons...
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...
Thank you very much for your testimony.
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.
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 ...
There is a very robust study proposed in Senator Collins' amendment that Ms. Claybrook indicated is best exercised with ...
Certainly, we want to look at the testimony today.
Clearly, we are talking a lot right now as we finish up this particular week in the Congress about transportation fundin...
I think the best argument to be made there is it puts more people on the road during the daylight hours.
I cannot imagine why anyone would want to suspend rules which are in place to ensure the safety of everyone on the road ...
Mr. Gibson, you stepped up to the plate at the most challenging moment in the VA's history.
More of the same isn't going to solve the underlying problems.
We need a business-minded approach to reform the agency.
