Jim McDermott: “Accordingly, if the Administration of Congress chooses to make additional policy changes in the ACA, we ask that you…”

We have begun to lay the groundwork for payment reform by passing the IMPACT Act, which will give us the data we need to improve quality in post-acute care settings.

Let me take an example, because we hear a lot of examples given up here.

This is the kind of hearing where there isn't much disagreement about the fact that we want to have quality.

Now, the reason I raise this issue is that we all know that about 70 percent of healthcare costs occur in the last 6 months of life.