COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION APRIL 9, 1998 Serial No. 105-134 Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight 49-555 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1998 For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM AND OVERSIGHT DAN BURTON, Indiana, Chairman BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York MARSHALL “MARK” SANFORD, South JOHN E. SUNUNU, New Hampshire MICHAEL PAPPAS, New Jersey VINCE SNOWBARGER, Kansas BOB BARR, Georgia DAN MILLER, Florida HENRY A. WAXMAN, California ROBERT E. WISE, JR., West Virginia PAUL E. KANJORSKI, Pennsylvania GARY A. CONDIT, California CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, Washington, DC CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland DENNIS J. KUCINICH, Ohio ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH, Illinois JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts THOMAS H. ALLEN, Maine HAROLD E. FORD, JR., Tennessee BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont (Independent) KEVIN BINGER, Staff Director DANIEL R. MOLL, Deputy Staff Director WILLIAM MOSCHELLA, Deputy Counsel and Parliamentarian PHIL SCHILIRO, Minority Staff Director VINCE SNOWBARGER, Kansas BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York DAVID M. MCINTOSH, Indiana MARK E. SOUDER, Indiana MICHAEL PAPPAS, New Jersey SUBCOMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut, Chairman EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont (Ind.) K27 CONTENTS Robertson, William G., senior executive officer, Shawnee Mission Medical Center, member of Kansas Hospital Association; David Leitch, M.D., family practitioner, Kansas City, KA; Steven Buie, M.D., family practi- tioner, immediate past president of Greater Kansas City Medical Soci- ety; David Cooley, M.D., rheumatologist, Kansas City, KS; Arthur Rosenberg, M.D., section chief, Department of Oncology & Hematology, Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, CT; and Kathryn Vance, group prac- tice manager for internal medicine practice and president-elect, Greater Williams, Jackie N., Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney, District of Kansas; James A. Kopf, Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Criminal Investigations Division; Joe L. Tilghman, Health Care Financing Administration, consortium adminis- trator, Kansas and Chicago Regional Offices; Leslie D. Watson, director of Medicare payment safeguards, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kan- sas; and Nancy Dickey, M.D., president-elect, American Medical Asso- Williams, Tom, M.D. Buie, Steven, M.D., family practitioner, immediate past president of Cooley, David, M.D., rheumatologist, Kansas City, KS, prepared state- Kopf, James A., Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Criminal Investigations Division, prepared state- Robertson, William G., senior executive officer, Shawnee Mission Medical Center, member of Kansas Hospital Association, prepared statement Rosenberg, Arthur, M.D., section chief, Department of Oncology & Hema- 43 |