Barriers to Hospice Care: Are We Shortchanging Dying Patients?
September 18, 2000
This hearing will examine barriers for wider use of hospice, including the question of why Medicare-covered hospice stays are getting shorter, and will consider options for Congress to strengthen the program for current and future generations.
Date: September 18, 2000
Time: 1:30 p.m.
562 Dirksen
Statements of Committee Members
- Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman, Iowa
Witness Testimony Panel 1:
- Robert Dole, Former U.S. Senator from the State Kansas, Washington, DC
- Ruby Tooks, Carol City, Florida
- William Scanlon , Ph.D., Director, Health Financing and Public Health Issues, General Accounting Office, Washington, DC
- Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, Ph.D., MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine and Sociology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
- Frances Hoffman, Executive Director, Hospice of North Iowa, Mason City, Iowa
- Kathryn Grigsby, Executive Director, Hospice of Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Kathryn Bell, RN, MBA, Hospice Director, Providence Health System, Portland, Oregon
Hearing Publications
- Committee on Aging Print: 106-37