12/08/2014
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"Medicare is an incredibly complex system and the reality is that, if we don't start dealing up front with the Medicare complexities, we are not--we can chase this all day long and go from one extreme ..."
"I would certainly make the statement that, and you've heard this, or heard this theme, I think, throughout this hearing, we have providers who would differ with you about these administrative burdens ..."
"we've now--with the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals, we've recently announced that we're going to suspend the ability of providers to have their appeals heard by administrative law judges"
"the due process system is clearly broken"