Access to Care: The Impact of the Balanced Budget Act on Medicare Home Health Services
March 31, 1998
The Committee will examine three important policy changes that impact seniors' access to home health care. The changes came through the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 at the urging of the Federal Health Care Financing Administration. The committee will explore the effects of these policy changes and urge a resolution of the unintended problems that affect seniors' access to home health care.
Date: March 31, 1998
Time: 10:00 am
Room: 628 Dirksen
Statements of Committee Members
Witness Testimony Panel 1
- Nancy-Ann Min DeParle, Administrator of the Health Care Fiancing Administration, Washington, DC
Witness Testimony Panel 2
- Barbara Markham Smith, Senior Research Staff Scientist, Center for Health Policy Research, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC
- Cindi Slack, Director of Home Care Services, Sioux Valley Hospital, Sioux Falls, SD
- David J. Martin, Administrator/Owner, Apple Home Healthcare, Inc., Metairie, LA
- William Dombi, Vice-President for Law, National Association for Home Care, Washington, DC
- Linda Fanton, Administrator/Owner, Eastern Iowa Visiting Nurses and Home Health Care, LLC, Monticello, IA
- James C. Pateidl, Third Vice President, National Association of Surety Bond Producers: Executive Vice President, The Lockton Companies, Kansas City, MO
Hearing Publications
- Committee on Aging Print: 105-19