Senate Subcommittee Hearing: Aging in Place - The Vital Role of Home Health in Access to Care

Senate Subcommittee Hearing Aging in Place The Vital Role of Home Health in Access to Care

The U.S. Senate Committee on Finance's Subcommittee on Health Care held a Hearing September 19 on, "Aging in Place: The Vital Role of Home Health in Access to Care." Witnesses included JAHF grantee, the Center for Medicare Advocacy.

Member statements included:

  • Benjamin L. Cardin (D - MD)
  • Steve Daines (R - MT)

The list of witnesses included the following:

  • Carrie Edwards, RN BSN MHA LSSGB, Director, Home Care Services, Mary Lanning Healthcare Hastings, NE
  • Judith Stein, JD, Executive Director/Attorney, Center for Medicare Advocacy, Willimantic, CT
  • Tracy M. Mroz, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA, Associate Professor University of Washington, Seattle, WA
  • William A. Dombi, JD, President National Association of Home Care & Hospice, Washington, DC
  • David C. Grabowski, Ph.D., Professor Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Witnesses included Judith Stein, Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Medicare Advocacy, a JAHF grantee.

Watch the Hearing recording.
Access each of the witnesses' testimonies.