November 13, 1997 -- The Honorable Donna E. Shalala (HHS)
Subject: Prevention of Teen Smoking
Before: House Committee on Commerce
November 5, 1997 -- William F. Bensonb(AoA)
Subject: Elderly Abuse in Nursing Homes
Before: Older Americans Caucus, U.S. House of Representatives
October 9, 1997 -- Harold Varmus (NIH)
Subject: The Value of Clinical Research
Before: Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee on Public Health and Safety
October 1, 1997 -- Richard Klausner (NIH)
Subject: Thyroid Exposure Received from Iodine-131
Before: Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human
Services, Education and Related Agencies
September 30, 1997 -- Harold Varmus (NIH)
Subject: NIH Research on Human Biology and Disease
Before: House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
September 29, 1997 -- Bruce Merlin Fried (HCFA)
Subject: Efforts to Control Medicare/Medicaid Waste, Fraud and Abuse
Before: House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
September 25, 1997 -- The Honorable Donna E. Shalala (HHS)
Subject: Teenage Smoking
Before: Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources
September 25, 1997 -- Thomas Shope(NIH)
Subject: The Year 2000 Issue and Medical Devices
Before: House Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
September 11, 1997 -- The Honorable Donna E. Shalala (HHS)
Subject: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act
Before: Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources
September 10, 1997 -- Davis Gray Ross (ACF)
Subject: Child Support Information System Development
Before: House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources
September 04, 1997 -- Wendy Baldwin (NIH)
Subject: Small Business Technology Transfer Act
Before: House Science, Subcommittee on Technology
July 31, 1997 -- Lavinia Limon (ACF)
Subject: FY 1998 Refugee Admissions Recommendations
Before: Senate Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration
July 31, 1997 -- Michael A. Friedman (FDA)
Subject: Potential Transmission of Spongiform Encephalopathies
Before: House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Human Resources
July 31, 1997 -- David Satcher (CDC)
Subject: Blood Safety and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Before: House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Human Resources
July 31, 1997 -- Paul W. Brown (NIH)
Subject: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Transmission Via
Blood
Before: House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Human Resources
July 30, 1997 -- Murray M. Lumpkin (FDA)
Subject: Clean Air Act and Chlorofluorocarbons in Metered-Dose Inhalers
Before: House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
July 29, 1997 -- Edward J. Sondik (CDC)
Subject: Confidentiality and Coordination Among Statistical Agencies
Before: House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Government
Management, Information and Technology
July 17, 1997 -- June Gibbs Brown (OIG)
Subject: HCFA's FY 1996 Medicare Audit
Before: House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health
July 17, 1997 -- Bruce C. Vladeck (HCFA)
Subject: FY 1996 Chief Financial Officer Audit Findings
Before: House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health
July 10, 1997 -- Kathleen A. Buto (HCFA)
Subject: Health Care Fraud and Abuse in Nursing Homes
Before: House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Human Resources
July 09, 1997 -- William F. Benson (AoA)
Subject: Reauthorization of the Older Americans Act
Before: House Education, Subcommittee on Education and the Workforce
June 26, 1997 -- Thomas Shope (FDA)
Subject: Medical Devices in the Year 2000
Before: House Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
June 26, 1997 -- Michael F. Mangano (OIG)
Subject: Fraud in Medicare Programs
Before: Senate Governmental Affairs, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
June 26, 1997 -- Bruce C. Vladeck (HCFA)
Subject: Prevalence of Health Care Fraud and Abuse
Before: Senate Governmental Affairs, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
June 10, 1997 -- Harold Varmus, Richard Klausner, Claude Lenfant, Phillip
Gorden, William Paul (NIH), Dennis P. Williams (OS)
Subject: Setting Research Priorities at NIH
Before: Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education
June 05, 1997 -- Michael A. Friedman (FDA)
Subject: FDA's Regulation of Blood, Blood Products and Plasma
Before: House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Human Resources
June 05, 1997 -- Thomas D. Roslewicz (OIG)
Subject: FDA Regulation of Blood Safety
Before: House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Human Resources
June 05, 1997 -- Richard J. Hodes (NIH)
Subject: Meeting the Challenges of Alzheimer's Disease
Before: Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee on Aging
May 22, 1997 -- Nelba Chavez (SAMHSA)
Subject: SAMHSA Reauthorization
Before: Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee on Public Health and
Safety
May 16, 1997 -- Bruce C. Vladeck (HCFA)
Subject: Medicare Transaction System
Before: House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Human Resources
May 08, 1997 -- William F. Raub (OASPE)
Subject: National Bioethics Advisory Commission
Before: House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Human Resources
May 08, 1997 -- Mary K. Pendergast (FDA)
Subject: Human Subjects in Biomedical Research
Before: House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Human Resources
May 08, 1997 -- Kathleen A. Buto (HCFA)
Subject: Medicare Subvention Demonstration
Before: House Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health
May 06, 1997 -- Walter A. Orenstein CDC)
Subject: Immunization Grant Program
Before: Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee on Public Health and
Safety
May 01, 1997 -- Harold Varmus (NIH)
Subject: Research Priorities for NIH
Before: Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee on Public Health and
Safety
May 01, 1997 -- Michael A. Friedman (FDA)
Subject: FDA's FY 1998 Budget Proposal
Before: Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies
April 30, 1997 -- Michael A. Friedman (FDA)
Subject: FDA's Medical Device Program
Before: House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
April 25, 1997 -- Debbie I. Chang (HCFA)
Subject: D.C. Finances: Medicaid, Treasury Borrowing
Before: House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on the District of
Columbia
April 25, 1997 -- Claude Earl Fox (HRSA)
Subject: Health Professions and Nursing Education Programs
Before: Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee on Public Health and
Safety
April 24, 1997 -- Kathleen A. Buto (HCFA)
Subject: Provider-Sponsored Organizations
Before: House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health
April 23, 1997 -- Michael A. Friedman (FDA)
Subject: Prescription Drug User Fee Act
Before: House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
April 18, 1997 -- The Honorable Donna E. Shalala (HHS)
Subject: Early Childhood Development and Learning
Before: Senate Labor Committee
April 18, 1997 -- Anne F. Donovan (ACF)
Subject: Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996
Before: House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Government
Management, Information and Technology
April 17, 1997 -- Claude Lenfant (NIH)
Subject: Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
Before: House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health
April 17, 1997 -- John M. Eisenberg (AHCPR)
Subject: Evaluation Science and Our Health Care System
Before: House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health
April 17, 1997 -- Bruce C. Vladeck (HCFA)
Subject: Medicare Coverage Policy
Before: House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health
April 16, 1997 -- George F. Grob (OIG)
Subject: Nursing Home Services Fraud
Before: House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Human Resources
April 10, 1997 -- Bruce C. Vladeck (HCFA)
Subject: Medicare Managed Care
Before: Senate Committee on Finance
April 10, 1997 -- Barbara Wynn (HCFA)
Subject: Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care Hospital Payments
Before: House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health
April 10, 1997 -- Bruce Merlin Fried (HCFA)
Subject: Consumer Information in Medicare Managed Care
Before: Senate Committee on Aging
April 10, 1997 -- Olivia Golden (ACF), Dennis P. Williams (OS)
Subject: Administration for Children and Families FY 1998 Budget
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and Related Agencies
April 09, 1997 -- Kevin L. Thurm (HHS)
Subject: Management Improvement at DHHS
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
April 08, 1997 -- Michael H. Trujillo, Michel E. Lincoln, Luana L. Reyes, W. Craig Vanderwagen, Gary J. Hartz (IHS), Dennis P. Williams (OS)
Subject: Indian Health Services FY 1998 Budget
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
April 08, 1997 -- Olivia A. Golden (ACF)
Subject: Adoption Promotion Act of 1997
Before: House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources
March 20, 1997 -- David Gray Ross (ACF)
Subject: State Child Support Enforcement Programs
Before: House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources
March 20, 1997 -- Office of the Director (NIH)
Subject: NIH Office of the Director FY 1998 Budget
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
March 20, 1997 -- William E. Paul, Jack Whitescarver, Wendy Wertheimer, Donna Adderly, Harold Varmus (NIH), Dennis P. Williams (OS)
Subject: NIH Office of AIDS Research FY 1998 Budget
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
March 20, 1997 -- Harold Varmus, Ruth Kirschstein, Anthony Itteilag, Stehen A. Ficca (NIH), Dennis P. Williams OS)
Subject: NIH Buildings and Facilities FY 1998 Budget
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
March 19, 1997 -- Michael A. Friedman (FDA)
Subject: Improving FDA Reviews and Approvals
Before: Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources
March 19, 1997 -- Bruce C. Vladeck (HCFA)
Subject: Medicare Managed Care
Before: Senate Committee on Finance
March 18, 1997 -- Nelba Chaves, Paul Schwab (SAMHSA)
Subject: Reauthorization of SAMHSA and SYNAR Regulation
March 13, 1997 -- James S. Marks (CDC)
Subject: Infant Mortality and Prenatal Care, Including National Vital Statistics System
Before: House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Human Resources
and Intergovernmental Relations
March 12, 1997 -- Bruce C. Vladeck (HCFA)
Subject: Graduate Medical Education
Before: Senate Committee on Finance
March 06, 1997 -- Bruce C. Vladeck (HCFA)
Subject: Medicare Managed Care
Before: House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health
March 06, 1997 -- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Subject: National Institute of Mental Health FY 1998 Budget
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
March 06, 1997 -- Alan I. Leshner, Richard A. Millstein, Donna M. Jones, Harold Varmus (NIH), Dennis P. Williams (OS)
Subject: National Institute on Drug Abuse FY 1998 Budget
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
March 06, 1997 -- Marvin Cassman, Martha Pine, W. Sue Shafer, G. Earl
Hodgkins, Harold Varmus (NIH), Dennis P. Williams (OS)
Subject: National Institute of General Medical Sciences FY 1998 Budget
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
March 06, 1997 -- Judith L. Vaitukaitis, Louise E. Ramm, Dov Jaron, Anne E. Summers, Harold Varmus (NIH), Dennis P. Williams (OS)
Subject: National Center for Research Resources FY 1998 Budget
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
March 06, 1997 -- Donald A. B. Lindberg, Kent A. Smith, David J. Lipman,
Donald C. Poppke, Susan U. Levine, Harold Varmus (NIH), Dennis P. Williams (OS)
Subject: National Library of Medicine FY 1998 Budget
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
March 05, 1997 -- Bruce C. Vladeck (HCFA)
Subject: Reforming the Medicare Home Health Benefit
Before: House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment
March 05, 1997 -- Stephen L. Katz, Steven J. Hausman, Margaret S.
Kerza-Kwiatecki, Robyn J. Strachan, Harold Varmus (NIH), and Dennis P. Williams (OS)
Subject: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases' FY 1998 Budget
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
March 05, 1997 -- Zach W. Hall, Audrey S. Penn, Richard L. Sherbert, Andrew C. Baldus, Harold Varmus (NIH), and Dennis P. Williams (OS)
Subject: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke's FY 1998 Budget
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
March 05, 1997 -- Patricia A. Grady, Mary Cushing, Ellen Moul, Harold Varmus (NIH), and Dennis P. Williams (OS)
Subject: National Institute of Nursing Research's FY 1998 Budget
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
March 05, 1997 -- Enoch Gordis, Mary Dufour, Martin K. Trusty, Stephen Long, Carmen M. Richardson, Harold Varmus (NIH), Dennis P. Williams (OS)
Subject: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism FY 1998 Budget
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
March 05, 1997 -- Philip E. Schambra, Stephanie J. Bursenos, Richard Miller, Harold Varmus (NIH), Dennis P. Williams (OS)
Subject: Fogarty International Center FY 1998 Budget
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
March 04, 1997 -- Claude Lenfant, Carl Roth, James Wehling, Sheila Merritt, Harold Varmus (NIH), and Dennis P. Williams (OS)
Subject: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's FY 1998 Budget
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
March 04, 1997 -- Duane Alexander, Yvonne T. Maddox, Florence P. Hasseltine, Benjamin E. Fulton, Donna S. Casady, Harold Varmus (NIH), and Dennis P. Williams (OS)
Subject: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's FY 1998 Budget
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
March 04, 1997 -- Harold C. Slavkin, Dushanka V. Kleinman, Yvonne H. du Buy, Earlene S. Taylor, Harold Varmus (NIH), and Dennis P. Williams (OS)
Subject: National Institute of Dental Research's FY 1998 Budget
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
March 04, 1997 -- Phillip Gorden, L. Earl Laurence, Charles R. Zellers, Harold Varmus (NIH), and Dennis P. Williams (OS)
Subject: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases' FY 1998 Budget
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
March 04, 1997 -- National Institute on Aging
Subject: National Institute on Aging's FY 1998 Budget
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
February 27, 1997 -- Bruce Merlin Fried (HCFA)
Subject: Medicare Managed Care
Before: House Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment
February 27, 1997 -- Francis S. Collins, Elke Jordan, Kathy Hudson, James C. Vennetti, Erin S. Burgess, Harold E. Varmus (NIH), and Dennis P. Williams (OS)
Subject: National Human Genome Research Institute's FY 1998 Budget
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
February 27, 1997 -- Anthony S. Fauci (NIH)
Subject: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases' FY 1998 Budget
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
February 27, 1997 -- Michael A. Friedman (FDA)
Subject: Food and Drug Administration's FY 1998 Budget
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
February 27, 1997 -- Kenneth Olden, Samuel H. Wilson, Charles E. Leasure, Jr., Laurie Johnson, Harold Varmus (NIH), and Dennis P. Williams (OS)
Subject: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences' FY 1998 Budget
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
February 27, 1997 -- James B. Snow, Jr., Donald H. Luecke, W. David Kerr, Patience T. Sparks, Harold Varmus (NIH), and Dennis P. Williams (OS)
Subject: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders' FY 1998 Budget
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
February 26, 1997 -- Richard D. Klausner (NIH)
Subject: National Cancer Institute's FY 1998 Budget
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
February 26, 1997 -- Carl Kupfer (NIH)
Subject: National Eye Institute's FY 1998 Budget
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
February 26, 1997 -- Harold Varmus, Ruth Kirschstein, Wendy Balwin, Michael Gottesman, Anthony Itteilag, Francine Little (NIH), and Dennis P. Williams (OS)
Subject: NIH's FY 1998 Budget
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
February 26, 1997 -- Olivia A. Golden (ACF)
Subject: Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Before: House Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources
February 13, 1997 -- David Satcher (CDC)
Subject: President's FY 1998 Budget Request for CDC
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
February 13, 1997 -- Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
Subject: President's Budget Request for ACF
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
February 13, 1997 -- Robyn I. Stone (AoA)
Subject: President's FY 1998 Budget Request for AoA
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
February 13, 1997 -- The Honorable Donna E. Shalala (HHS)
Subject: Strengthening Medicare Trust Fund and Balancing the Budget
Before: House Ways and Means Committee
February 13, 1997 -- Marilyn H. Gaston (HRSA)
Subject: Safety Net Health Care Programs
Before: House Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Human Resources
February 13, 1997 -- Bruce C. Vladeck (HCFA)
Subject: 1998 Medicare Budget
Before: House Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health
February 13, 1997 -- Kathleen A. Buto (HCFA)
Subject: Rural Health Clinics
Before: House Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Human Resources
and Intergovernmental Relations
February 13, 1997 -- Olivia A. Golden (ACF)
Subject: Adoption and Welfare-to-Work
Before: House Ways & Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources
February 12, 1997 -- Nelba Chavez (SAMHSA)
Subject: 1998 Budget Request for SAMHSA
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
February 12, 1997 -- June Gibbs Brown (OIG)
Subject: OIG's Accomplishments and Planned Work
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
February 12, 1997 -- Ciro V. Sumaya (HRSA)
Subject: Fiscal Year 1998 Budget Request for HRSA
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
February 12, 1997 -- The Honorable Donna E. Shalala (HHS)
Subject: Strengthening the Medicare Trust Fund
Before: House Ways and Means Committee
February 12, 1997 -- Bruce C. Vladeck (HCFA)
Subject: Long-Term Future for the Medicare Program
Before: Senate Finance Committee
February 11, 1997 -- The Honorable Donna E. Shalala (HHS)
Subject: President's 1998 Budget Request for HHS
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
February 11, 1997 -- Bruce C. Vladeck (HCFA)
Subject: HCFA's Appropriations Request for Fiscal Year 1998
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
February 11, 1997 -- Clifton R. Gaus (AHCPR)
Subject: President's Budget Request for AHCPR
Before: House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
February 11, 1997 -- Bruce C. Vladeck (HCFA)
Subject: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Before: Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources
February 05, 1997 -- Susan J. Bluementhal (OPHS)
Subject: Battle Against Breast Cancer
Before: Senate Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
February 05, 1997 -- Richard D. Klausner (NIH)
Subject: Mammography Screening for Women Ages 40-49
Before: Senate Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
January 23, 1997 -- Jacob J. Lew (OMB)
Subject: Medicare Savings in Balanced Budget Plan
Before: Senate Committee on the Budget