the stakes here are enormously high, because what you are talking about is striking the right balance between encouraging these alternative payment models, which are so important in care coordination, and at the same time maintaining…

Our country is beginning a major transformation in the way health care in America is paid for.

American health care is going to have a new focus: paying for the quality of care that our people receive, rather than the quantity.

We commend Chairman Hatch, Ranking Member Wyden, and all other members of the Committee on Finance for holding this bipartisan hearing.

Only Congress can remove those barriers.

Some health-care providers in our country are concerned that parts of the Stark Law date back years or even decades and could be an impediment to treatment.

APTA would like to thank Chairman Hatch and Ranking Member Wyden for looking into this important policy issue.

There is no question that you are going to bump up against some very significant challenges.

I would ask for colleagues and staff who are here that any written questions for the record be submitted by Tuesday, July 12, 2016.

I am concerned that the Academy's review and the corresponding announcement failed to fully disclose or address important information related to potential conflicts of interest and bias.

The public expects governmental advisory committees to be impartial authorities when it comes to research and guidance on policy.

Does this threaten the sustainability of the program for future generations, absent some reforms?

I thank my colleague.

The fact is, too many seniors are getting pounded today by prescription drug bills.

Absent reforms, this is going to continue--lots of cures, and a big question mark when it comes to access and affordability.

In my view, the decision not to list was a victory for all Westerners.

What underlies this debate, in my view, is the fact that the United States is in an era of miracle treatments and cures.

your leadership and this committee's leadership on delivery system reform has been hugely important.

With business as usual, too many of these treatments are going to clobber too many family budgets and threaten health programs across the country.

This has been something that has had support on both sides of the aisle for some time.

These treatments threaten to become a major strain on our health care programs, on insurers, and on family budgets across the country.

Well, there were no death panels.

I think it would be very helpful if you could explain in something resembling English exactly how Medicare Care Choices works.

That program to provide more choices for older people, that was really born in this room.

Oregonians, like those from Wyoming, are no strangers to the profound local changes that can come from listing an animal under the Endangered Species Act.