Oversight Hearing on “Reexamining the Substandard Quality of Indian Health Care in the Great Plains.”

Date: February 3, 2016

Time: 2:15 PM

Location: Hart

Room: 216

If you would like to submit a statement for the record, please email it to: testimony@indian.senate.gov, or via mail to:

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs

attn: Amanda Kelly, Clerk

838 Hart Senate Office Building

Washington, DC 20510

**The record will remain open for two weeks following the hearing.

Witnesses

The Honorable Byron L. Dorgan

Former U.S. Senator from North Dakota, Founder and Chairman

Center for Native American Youth, Washington, DC

Testimony

Mary Wakefield, PhD., R.N.

Acting Deputy Secretary

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

Testimony

Mr. Andrew M. "Andy" Slavitt

Acting Administrator

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC

Testimony

Accompanied by: Mr. Thomas Hamilton

Director, Survey and Certification Group, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD

The Honorable Robert G. McSwain

Principal Deputy Director - Indian Health Service

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD

Testimony

Susan V. Karol, M.D.

Chief Medical Officer - Indian Health Service

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD