WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., will convene a hearing on Wednesday, May 19, to discuss telehealth and other health care flexibilities in the pandemic landscape. The hearing, titled “COVID-19 Health Care Flexibilities: Perspectives, Experiences, and Lessons Learned” will take place at 10:00 a.m. ET (7:00 a.m. PT)
The witnesses at next Wednesday’s hearing will be:
· Jessica Farb, Director, Health Care, United States Government Accountability Office, Washington, D.C .
· Kisha Davis, M.D., MPH, Member, Commission on Federal and State Policy, American Academy of Family Physicians, Leawood, Kan.
· Linda V. DeCherrie, M.D., Clinical Director, Mount Sinai at Home and Professor, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, N.Y.
· Narayana Murali, M.D., Executive Director, Marshfield Clinic and Board Member of America’s Physician Groups, Marshfield, Wis.
· Robert A. Berenson, M.D., Institute Fellow, Urban Institute, Washington, D.C.
| Who: | Senate Finance Committee | |
| What: | Hearing on COVID-19 Health Care Flexibilities | |
| When: | Wednesday, May 19th, 2021 | |
| 10:00 am ET (7:00 a.m. PT) | ||
Pursuant to guidance from the CDC and OAP, Senate office buildings are not open to the public other than official business visitors and credentialed press at this time. Accordingly, in-person visitors cannot be accommodated at this hearing. We encourage the public to utilize the Committee’s livestream of the hearing, available on the website at http://finance.senate.gov/hearings.