SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS
BACKHUS 40 48 49 51 52 53 54
CLYBURN 6
COHEN 56 62
CUMMINGS 13 30 37
EVANS 7
EVERETT 2 11 35 36 37 51 52 55 63
64 65
GOFF 19 28
GUTIERREZ 4 29 31
KIZER 8 11 26 27 28 32 34 35 36
37 38 39
PETERSON 32 33 34 35
SMITH 23
SNYDER 38 39 53 54
STARR 46 50 55
STEARNS 1 3 6 7 11 13 17 19 23
25 27 28 31 32 35 37 39 40
42 46 48 49 50 52 55 59 62
63 65
TERRENCE 17
VITIKACS 59 63 64
WIDERLITE 42 49 54
CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CLIFF STEARNS, CHAIRMAN, SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. TERRY EVERETT, CHAIRMAN, SUBCOMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LUIS V. GUTIERREZ
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN
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STATEMENTS OF KENNETH W. KIZER, M.D., M.P.H., UNDER SECRETARY FOR HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS; DR. JOAN CUMMINGS, M.D., DIRECTOR, VETERANS INTEGRATED SERVICE NETWORK (VISN) 12,
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; DR. CHRISTOPHER TERRENCE, M.D., CHAIRMAN, INTEGRATION COORDINATING
COMMITTEE, VA CHICAGO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; JIM GOFF, DIRECTOR, PALO
ALTO DIVISION, VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; AND DENNIS SMITH,
DIRECTOR, BALTIMORE DIVISION, VA MARYLAND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
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STATEMENT OF DR. KIZER
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STATEMENT OF JOAN E. CUMMINGS, M.D.
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STATEMENT OF DR. CHRISTOPHER F. TERRENCE
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STATEMENT OF JAMES A. GOFF
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STATEMENT OF DENNIS H. SMITH
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STATEMENTS OF STEPHEN BACKHUS, DIRECTOR, VETERANS' AFFAIRS AND MILITARY HEALTH CARE ISSUES,
HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION, U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE; ACCOMPANIED BY
PAUL REYNOLDS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, HEALTH CARE DELIVERY AND QUALITY ISSUES, HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND
HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION, U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE; PAULA WIDERLITE, SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR
SYSTEM STRATEGY, ADVENTIST HEALTHCARE; AND JAMES E. STARR, SENIOR ASSOCIATE, MCMANIS ASSOCIATES,
INC., ACCOMPANIED BY LINDA WENDT, PRINCIPAL ASSOCIATE MCMANIS ASSOCIATES, INC.
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STATEMENT OF STEPHEN BACKHUS
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STATEMENT OF PAULA WIDERLITE
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STATEMENT OF JAMES E. STARR
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STATEMENTS OF DR. JORDAN J. COHEN, PRESIDENT, ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES; JOHN
VITIKACS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION, THE AMERICAN LEGION
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STATEMENT OF DR. JORDAN J. COHEN
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STATEMENT OF JOHN VITIKACS
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