It is so critically important not only for saving dollars, which will be a priority going forward as the Affordable Care Act is implemented, but also for stopping the kinds of pati...
And the team's report then goes to someone at CMS, or----
And it saved money.
It requires some of these necessary changes and considerations to be done through regulation.
I haven't heard a more thoughtful or insightful panel, and I'm very, very proud that it happened here in Connecticut.
Well, I'd like you to give me a list of them because I'm going to go visit them.
I'm glad that you made that point. I should also say, because I've neglected it, that the record of this hearing is goin...
the QAPI program requires a plan on the part of the skilled nursing facility.
And what has been the response since you were invited to Washington? Have you found greater receptivity since then?
If there are problems indicated at a particular nursing home, do you accelerate the re-review or the re-survey, the visi...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for holding this hearing.