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For Immediate Release: September 2, 1998
Contact: Rusty Jabour

Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, September 8, 1998
1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Adams Building, Library of Congress, Room LA-202
101 Independence Ave., S.E., Washington, D.C.

1:00 - 2:45 p.m. Medicare System Changes

These respondents to the "Call For Solutions" program offered comments on the entire Medicare program, including how the program could be restructured.

Speakers: Paul Rogers, National Coalition on Health Care; Dr. Timothy Flaherty, American Medical Association; Dr. Douglas Robins, Physicians for a National Health Program; Dr. Timothy Gardner and Dr. Paul Uhlig, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons; Michael Tanner, Cato Institute; Diane Archer, Medicare Rights Center; Charles Kahn III, Health Insurance Association of America; James Firman, The National Council on the Aging; Karen Ignagni, American Association of Health Plans; Janet Stokes Trautwein and Diane Mahoney, National Association of Health Underwriters; Thomas Schatz, Citizens Against Government Waste; Abe Bloom, Gray Panthers; David Lack and Mark Litow, Council for Affordable Health Insurance; Charles Hardin, Council for Government Reform; and Thomas Saving, Ph.D., Private Enterprise Research Center.

2:45 - 3:00 p.m. Break

3:00 - 3:40 p.m. Coordinating Medicare Resources With
                     Other Programs

These respondents to the "Call For Solutions" program suggested that Medicare spending should be better coordinated with other programs, especially when serving the low-income and disabled, and/or providing long-term care.

Speakers: Walter Leutz, Ph.D., The Social HMO Consortium; Sister Karin Dufault, Sisters of Providence Health System; Dr. Alan Hull, Renal Management Strategies, Inc.; Dr. Paul Willging, American Health Care Association; Alan Rosenbloom, American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging; and Charles Hawley, National Chronic Care Consortium.

3:40 - 4:15 p.m. Medicare Service / Payment Issues

These respondents to the "Call For Solutions" program supported Medicare regulation, payment, or coverage for certain providers of medical equipment.

Speakers: Barbara Blakeney, American Nurses Association; Keith Mueller, Ph.D., National Rural Health Association; William Coughlan, National Association for Medical Equipment Services; and Cara Bachenheimer, Health Industry Distributors Association / Home Care Coalition.

4:15 - 5:00 p.m. Medicare Coverage Issues

These respondents to the "Call For Solutions" program supported Medicare coverage for specific benefits.

Speakers: Dr. Reeve Askew, American Chiropractic Association; Elizabeth Johnson, American Dietetic Association; Martha McSteen, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare; Robert Bohlman, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill; Stephen Giroux, National Community Pharmacists Association; and Judith Riggs, Alzheimer’s Association.

Adjourn
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