Letter to Reauthorize Older Americans Act (OAA)
On behalf of the Gary and Mary West Health Institute (WHI), I am writing to thank you and your staff for your tireless efforts to reauthorize the Older Americans Act (OAA).
Letter to Ways & Means Committee hearing, “Caring for Aging Americans”
On behalf of West Health, I am pleased to submit written comments for the Ways & Means Committee hearing held on November 14, 2019, entitled “Caring for Aging Americans.”
Letter to Chairs and Members of the California State Assembly Budget Conference Committee
Read the Gary and Mary West Health Institute’s letter supporting a proposal to require the California Department of Health Care Services to seek three-year federal approval of the State Plan Amendment to continue Proposition 56 supplemental rate increases.
Clarifying the intent of the Virtual Dental
April 29, 2019 Senator Richard Pan, Chair Senate Budget Subcommittee #3 on Health and Human Services State Capitol, Room 5019 Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: Clarifying the intent of the Virtual Dental Home (AB 1174 enacted in 2014) in the 2019-2020 California State Budget Honorable Senator Pan, I am writing on behalf of the Gary and… Read more »
Letter to the California State Assembly Committee on Health about Assembly Bill 316
Read the Gary and Mary West Health Institute’s letter supporting AB 316, which aims to permanently expand access to dental care for California’s low-income children and adults living with chronic medical, mental, behavioral or developmental conditions and disabilities.
Gary and Mary West Senior Dental Center Comments for the 2020 U.S. Surgeon General’s Report on Oral Health
Read comments from Karen Becerra, chief executive officer of the Gary and Mary West Senior Dental Center, to the authors of the forthcoming U.S. Surgeon General’s report on oral health in America.
West Health Comments for the 2020 U.S. Surgeon General’s Report on Oral Health
Read comments from West Health’s Chief Strategy Officer, Timothy A. Lash, to the authors of the forthcoming U.S. Surgeon General’s report on oral health in America, calling for more robust Medicaid adult dental benefits, particularly for older adults.
Letter to Sponsors of H.R. 6502, the Reducing Unnecessary Senior Hospitalizations Act of 2018
Read the Gary and Mary West Health Institute’s letter supporting key objectives of H.R. 6502, which would allow the provision of defined telehealth services to Medicare beneficiaries at skilled nursing facilities.
Comments on the Proposed CMS Rule, Accountable Care Organizations – Pathways to Success
Read the Gary and Mary West Health Institute’s comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the proposed rule, Accountable Care Organizations – Pathways to Success, which includes the agency’s efforts to accelerate two-sided performance-based risk models; the expansion of telehealth as an effective and enabling tool in these models; and the agency’s role in increasing beneficiary engagement in ACO selection.
CMS-1720-NC, Medicare Program; Request for Information (RFI) Regarding the Physician Self-Referral Law
Thank you for the opportunity to submit comments regarding the physician self-referral law, commonly known as the Stark Law. As president and chief executive officer of the Gary and Mary West Health Institute (WHI), I am writing on behalf of seniors, their families and patients across the country to stress the important protections within the Stark Law. The WHI is an applied medical research organization dedicated to generating the evidence needed for healthcare providers, policymakers and communities to adopt models of care that better serve seniors and their families.
