Desmarais, Dr. Herny, Acting Deputy Administrator, Health Care Financing

Administration

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American Association of Homes for the Aging, Robert Stutz.

American Association of Retired Persons, Dr. Martin Merson..

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American Bar Association, John H. Pickering

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American Federation of Home Health Agencies, Inc., Frances Steele...

American Hospital Association, Jack W. Owen, executive vice president

American Medical Association, Dr. P. John Seward, vice chairman, Council of

Legislation.....

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American Medical Peer Review Association, Dr. Harry S. Weeks....

Billows, Linda, administrator, Visiting Nurses Association of Greater Salem,

Inc., on behalf of the National Association for Health Care..

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Alan P. Spielman, executive director..

Catholic Health Association of the United States, William J. Cox, vice presi-

dent

Cox, William J., vice president, Government services, the Catholic Health
Association of the United States.

Health Industry Distributors Association, Paul B. Simmons, president.

Lapp, Arlene, on behalf of the National Senior Citizens Law Center..

Lehrhoff, Dr. Irwin, president, National Association of Rehabilitation Agen-

cies

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Lesser, Leonard, special counsel, National Council of Senior Citizens.......

Merson, Martin, Ph.D., member, American Association of Retired Persons

National Association for Health Care, Linda Billows......

National Association of Rehabilitation Agencies, Dr. Irwin Lehrhoff, president

National Council of Senior Citizens, Leonard Lesser, special counsel....

National Senior Citizens Law Center, Arlene Lapp..

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Owen, Jack W., executive vice president, American Hospital Association

Pickering, John H., American Bar Association

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Seward, Dr. P. John, vice chairman, Council of Legislation, American Medical

Association...

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Simmons, Paul B., president, Health Industry Distributors Association.

Spielman, Alan P., executive director, Government relations, Blue Cross and

Blue Shield Association....

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Steele, Frances, executive director, Home Health Agency Multicounty, on
behalf of the American Federation of Home Health Agencies, Inc.
Stutz, Robert, vice president and general director, Willow-Crest Bamberger
Division of Albert Einstein Medical Center, on behalf of the American
Association of Homes for the Aging..

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Weeks, Dr. Harry S., medical director of the West Virginia Medical Institute,
on behalf of the America Medical Peer Review Association

Wyden, Hon. Ron, a Representative from the State of Oregon