Committee Hearings, Revising the Risk Adjustment Methodology
for Medicare+Choice
This page contains testimony given before Congressional committees related
to this issue. Note that many organizations giving testimony before committees
also have statements and information available on their own webpages. That material
is available under organizational statements.
This page contains all abstracts from hearings, but only selected transcripts
released electronically by the relevant committee.
Abstracts:
Testimony:
- Diane
Archer - Medicare Rights Center, House Commerce Committee, Health and Environment
Subcommittee, 2/25/99
- John
Bertko, House Commerce Committee, Health and Environment Subcommittee, 2/25/99
- Judith
A. Discenza - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, House Commerce Committee,
Health and Environment Subcommittee, 2/25/99
- Kirk
Johnson - Health Insurance Association of America, House Commerce Committee,
Health and Environment Subcommittee, 2/25/99
- Mike
Hash - Health Care Financing Administration, House Commerce Committee, Health
and Environment Subcommittee, 2/25/99
- Anne
Miller - AARP, House Commerce Committee, Health and Environment Subcommittee,
2/25/99
- Heidi
Margulis - Humana, Inc., House Commerce Committee, Health and Environment
Subcommittee, 2/25/99
- William
J. Scanlon - Government Accounting Office, House Commerce Committee, Health
and Environment Subcommittee, 2/25/99
- Gail
Wilensky - Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, House Commerce Committee,
Health and Environment Subcommittee, 2/25/99
- Rep.
Michael Bilirakis, House Commerce Committee, Health and Environment Subcommittee,
8/4/99
- Karen
Ignagni - American Association of Health Plans, House Commerce Committee,
Health and Environment Subcommittee, 8/4/99
- John
Powell - Seniors Coalition, House Commerce Committee, Health and Environment
Subcommittee, 8/4/99
- Marilyn
Moon - Urban Institute, House Commerce Committee, Health and Environment Subcommittee,
8/4/99
- Robert
Berenson, et al. - Health Care Financing Administration, House Ways and Means
Committee, Health Care Subcommittee, 3/18/99
- William
F. Bluhm - American Academy of Actuaries, House Ways and Means Committee,
Health Care Subcommittee, 3/18/99
- Sandra
Harmon-Weiss, House Ways and Means Committee, Health Care Subcommittee, 3/18/99
- Janet
G. Newport - Health Insurance Association of America, House Ways and Means
Committee, Health Care Subcommittee, 3/18/99
- Rep.
Pete Stark, House Ways and Means Committee, Health Care Subcommittee, 3/18/99
- Maribeth
Capeloto - American Association of Health Plans, House Ways and Means Committee,
Health Subcommittee, 10/1/99
- William
J. Scanlon - Government Accounting Office, House Ways and Means Committee,
Health Subcommittee, 10/1/99
- George
Renaudin - American Association of Health Plans, House Ways and Means Committee,
Health Subcommittee, 7/25/00
- Karen
Ignagni - American Association of Health Plans, Senate Finance Committee,
5/27/99
- Mary Nell
Lehnhard - Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Senate Finance Committee,
5/27/99
- Robert
B. Cumming - American Academy of Actuaries, Senate Finance Committee, 6/9/99
- Stephen
J Demontmollin - American Association of Health Plans, Senate Finance Committee,
6/9/99
- Mike Hash
- Health Care Financing Administration, Senate Finance Committee, 6/9/99
- Steven
M. Lieberman - Congressional Budget Office, Senate Finance Committee, 6/9/99
- William
J. Scanlon - Government Accounting Office, Senate Finance Committee, 6/9/99
- Peter
Smith - Ralin Medical, Inc., Senate Finance Committee, 6/9/99
- Robert R.
Waller - Healthcare Leadership Council, Senate Finance Committee, 2/23/00
- Nancy-Ann
Deparle - Health Care Financing Administration, Senate Finance Committee,
3/17/00
- Gail R.
Wilensky - Medicare Payment Advisory Commission , Senate Finance Committee,
3/17/00