SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS BILIRAKIS 16 17 18 19 20 40 43 44 45 46 54 GREVE 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 GUTIERREZ 3 12 13 15 16 20 JELINEK 50 54 KIZER 3 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 25 26 27 PETERSON 24 25 26 27 28 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 ROWE 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 16 22 24 26 28 SALERNO 17 18 19 22 SHAW 28 29 35 36 37 42 43 44 45 46 SNYDER 20 21 22 23 24 STEARNS 1 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 16 20 24 28 29 31 34 35 36 37 43 46 49 50 53 54 55 WATSON 47 53 ZINGESER 31 34 35 36 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS STATEMENT OF KENNETH W. KIZER, UNDER SECRETARY FOR HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; ACCOMPANIED BY JOHN W. ROWE, M.D., CHAIRMAN, FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE FUTURE OF VA LONG-TERM CARE PAGE 3 STATEMENT OF KENNETH W. KIZER PAGE 3 STATEMENT OF JOHN W. ROWE PAGE 4 STATEMENTS OF ROBERT SHAW, PRESIDENT, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE VETERANS HOMES; PAMELA ZINGESER, PRINCIPAL, BIRCH & DAVIS ASSOCIATES, INC. PAGE 29 STATEMENT OF ROBERT SHAW PAGE 29 STATEMENT OF PAMELA ZINGESER PAGE 31 STATEMENTS OF STEVE WATSON, ADMINISTRATOR, OCALA HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE NURSING HOME ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION; RICHARD JELINEK, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, MANAGED CARE SOLUTIONS, INC. PAGE 47 STATEMENT OF STEVE WATSON PAGE 47 STATEMENT OF RICHARD JELINEK PAGE 50 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING