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Y 4.W36:95-32
HEALTH CARE SERVICES UNDER
THE MEDICARE PROGRAM

HEARINGS

BEFORE A

TASK FORCE

OF THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH...
COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

THE ADEQUACY OF THE MEDICARE PROGRAM IN MEETING
NEEDS OF BENEFICIARIES AND THE EFFICIENCY OF THE
PROGRAM'S ADMINISTRATION AFFECTING BENEFICIARIES
AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS

94-546

MAY 6, 1977, CLEVELAND, OHIO
MAY 7, 1977, CINCINNATI, OHIO

Serial 95-32

Printed for the use of the Committee on Ways and Means

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COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

AL ULLMAN, Oregon, Chairman

JAMES A. BURKE, Massachusetts
DAN ROSTENKOWSKI, Illinois
CHARLES A. VANIK, Ohio
OMAR BURLESON, Texas
JAMES C. CORMAN, California

SAM M. GIBBONS, Florida

JOE D. WAGGONNER, JR., Louisiana
OTIS G. PIKE, New York

J. J. PICKLE, Texas

CHARLES B. RANGEL, New York

WILLIAM R. COTTER, Connecticut

FORTNEY H. (PETE) STARK, California

JAMES R. JONES, Oklahoma

ANDY JACOBS, JR., Indiana
ABNER J. MIKVA, Illinois

MARTHA KEYS, Kansas

JOSEPH L. FISHER, Virginia

HAROLD FORD, Tennessee

KEN HOLLAND, South Carolina
WILLIAM M. BRODHEAD, Michigan
ED JENKINS, Georgia

RICHARD A. GEPHARDT, Missouri
JIM GUY TUCKER, Arkansas
RAYMOND F. LEDERER, Pennsylvania

BARBER B. CONABLE, JR., New York
JOHN J. DUNCAN, Tennessee
BILL ARCHER, Texas

GUY VANDER JAGT, Michigan
WILLIAM A. STEIGER, Wisconsin
PHILIP M. CRANE, Illinois
BILL FRENZEL, Minnesota
JAMES G. MARTIN, North Carolina
L. A. (SKIP) BAFALIS, Florida
WILLIAM M. KETCHUM, California
RICHARD T. SCHULZE, Pennsylvania
BILL GRADISON, Ohio

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CONTENTS

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WITNESSES

Association of Home Care Agencies, Adolph F. Feibel..

Banks, Michael A., St. Francis Hospital...

Association for the Advancement of Psychology, Michael G. McKee, Ph. D.

275

Bommarito, Peter, United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Plastic Workers of
America, AFL-CIO, statement presented by Robert Strauber._.

64

Cahall, Dwight H., Norwood, Ohio..

217

Cancer Family Care, Pauline Cohen..

206

Carlson, Susanne G., R.D., Parma Board of Education....

79

Catholic Charities, Diocese of Cleveland, Frederick E. Krizman_

59

Central Community Health Board, Kathleen Norton__

241

Chelnick, Phil, Jewish Community Centre, statement presented by Albert
Tepper--

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Damm & Associates, Cleveland, Ohio, Karl Bunkelman.

117

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Ebeling, Harry G., National Mental Health Association and the Mental
Health Association of Ohio..

244

Ellis, Mary Jo, Cincinnati, Ohio...

263

Falkenstein, William A., Jr., Ohio Academy of Physician Assistants..

123

Family Service of the Cincinnati Area, Lois Margot Marples.--
Feibel, Adolph H., Association of Home Care Agencies..

289

275

Fjord, Hilliard, Mental Health Association of Cincinnati.

233

Ford, Judy, Cuyahoga County Hospital_-_-

Gilreath, Earl R., Providence Hospital.

38

185

Gitlin, Irving, and Jay Collins, Greater Cleveland Hospital Association_
Good Samaritan Hospital, Daniel G. Wood__

72

164

197

163

Jerry N. Ransohoff.

171

Greater Cincinnati Dietetic Association, Patricia Roginski, R.D.
Greater Cincinnati Nutrition Council, Patricia Roginski, R.D.

277

277

Hahn, Robert A., M.D., Physicians' Peer Review Organization, Ohio
PSRO Area 12.

18

Hamilton County Chiropractic Association, Richard P. Burgun, D.C....
Harmon, Alexander, Greater Cincinnati Hospital Council.

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Krizman, Frederick E., Catholic Charities, Diocese of Cleveland.

59

Leslie, Carol, Cincinnati Speech and Hearing Center____

267

145

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Multiple Sclerosis Society, Cincinnati Chapter, Dale Stephens..

218

Munsey, William F., American Podiatry Association..

142

North Central Hamilton County (Ohio), Mental Health Services of, Neil A.
Smith

238

Oscherwitz, Morris G., M.D., Cincinnati, Ohio

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Ohio State Chiropractic Association, Richard P. Burgun, D.C___

Physicians' Peer Review Organization, Ohio PSRO Area 12, Robert A.
Hahn, M.D.

148

234

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Religious Sisters of Mercy, Province of Cincinnati, Harold R. Shoaf

Roberto, Edward A., Brown County General Hospital-

168

Roderick, Glenn, Ohio Society for Clinical Social Work.

46

Roginski, Patricia, R.D., Greater Cincinnati Nutrition Council and the
Greater Cincinnati Dietetic Association_

277

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Smith, Robert E., Medina, Ohio.

Stephens, Dale, Multiple Sclerosis Society, Cincinnati Chapter_.
Stokes, Hon. Louis, a Representative in Congress from the State of Ohio.
Strauber, Robert, presenting statement of Peter Bommarito, United
Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Plastic Workers of America, AFL-CIO...

Strickland, Jim, Cincinnati, Ohio.-

Stringer, Virginia, Home Aid Service.

Tepper, Albert, presenting statement of Phil Chelnick, Jewish Community
Center..

Tobin, Joseph, Cleveland Academy of Pharmacy.

92

218

3

64

90

22

United Rubber, Cork, Lenoleum & Plastic Workers of America, AFL-CIO,
Peter Bommarito, statement presented by Robert Strauber--

Visiting Nurses Association of Cincinnati Area, Joan W. Nicholas, R.N..

64

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Young, Louis, Queen City Senior Citizens Group‒‒‒‒

200

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