Briefings & Hearings
Senate Committee on Finance | December 2012
The Senate Committee on Finance held a hearing entitled "Improving Care for Dually-Eligible Beneficiaries: A Progress Update" to discuss improving quality of care and reducing costs for Medicare/Medicaid dually eligible beneficiaries.
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Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing | July 2012
The Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing entitled "Examining Medicare and Medicaid Coordination for Dual-Eligibles" to discuss the challenges of integrating care for beneficiaries that qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid. View Hearing View Additional Information
House Energy & Commerce Committee Hearing | October 2011
The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and the Subcommittee on Health held a hearing entitled “CLASS Cancelled: An Unsustainable Program and Its Consequences for the Nation’s Deficit." The program was to be administered by the Administration on Aging as a voluntary program providing a cash-benefit for the purchase of nonmedical services for home or facility-based LTC.
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Senate Committee on Finance | September 2011
The Senate Committee on Finance held a hearing entitled "Dually-Eligible Beneficiaries: Improving Care While Lowering Costs" to discuss improving quality of care and reducing costs for Medicare/Medicaid dually eligible beneficiaries. View Hearing View Additional Information
Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing | July 2011
The Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing entitled "A Prescription for Savings: Reducing Drug Costs to Medicare" to discuss rising healthcare costs and options to curb this growth in spending including savings within the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Program. View Hearing View Additional Information
House Energy & Commerce Committee Hearing | March 2011
The Subcommittee on Health held a hearing entitled “The Implementation and Sustainability of the New, Government-Administered Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Program.” The program, to be administered by the Administration on Aging, is a voluntary, government-administered program providing a cash-benefit for the purchase of nonmedical services for home or facility-based LTC. View Hearing View Additional Information
Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing for DEA Administrator | November 2010
The Senate Judiciary Committee met to consider the confirmation of Michelle Leonhart as Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Senator Kohl (D-WI) expressed his disappointment to Leonhart that the DEA had not resolved how best to ensure that patients in LTC facilities are not in pain due to the DEA’s interpretation of regulations around prescribing of controlled substances. View Hearing (forward to minute 107:00 of the webcast) View Hearing Summary
Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing | June 2010
The Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing entitled "Drug Waste and Disposal: When Prescriptions Become Poison" to discuss prescription drug disposal, diversion, and current initiatives to curb these issues. Chairman Kohl and Sens. Corker, Collins, and Casey attended, as did six witnesses including R. Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Policy Control.
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Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing | March 2010
The Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing entitled "The War on Drugs Meets the War of Pain: Nursing Home Residents Caught in the Crossfire". The hearing was called to examine the DEA's recent enforcement of long-standing rules under the Controlled Substances Act.
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LTCPA Congressional Briefing | April 2010
LTCPA held a Congressional staff briefing entitled, “Patient Safety & Access to Medication Therapies in Long Term Care Settings". Approximately 20 individuals, in addition to LTCPA’s advocates, attended the event which featured the following speakers:
- Mary Ann Griffin, Director of Aging Services for the City of Alexandria, VA
- Tom Clark, Director of Clinical Affairs for the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP)
- John Walker, Chief Operating Officer for Partners Pharmacy
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