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\nCOMMITTEE ON FINANCEUNITED STATES SENATE  \nNINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS  \nFIRST SESSION  \nJULY 21,1977  \nHERMAN E.TALMADGE,GeorgiaABRAHAM RIBICOFF,ConnecticutHARRY F.BYRD,JR.,Virginia0:GAYLORD NELSON,WisconsinMIKE GRAVEL,AlaskaLLOYD BENTSEN,Texas  \nWILLIAM D.HATHAWAY,MaineFLOYD K.HASKELL,ColoradoSPARK M.MATSUNAGA,HawaiiDANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN,New York  \nABRAHAM RIBICOFE,ConnecticutGAYLORD NELSON,WisconsinLLOYD BENTSEN,TexasSPARK M.MATSUNAGA,Hawail  \nCOMMITTEE ON FINANCE  \nRUSSELL B.LONG,Louisiana,Chairman  \nMICHAEL STERN,Staff DirectorGEORGE W.PRITTS,Jr.,Minority Counsel  \nSUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTHHERMAN E.TALMADGE,Georgia,Chairman  \nROBERT DOLE,KansasPAUL LAXALT,NevadaJOHN C.DANFORTH,Missouri  \nCARLT.CURTIS,NebraskaCLIFFORD P.HANSEN,WyomingROBERT DOLE,KansasBOB PACKWOOD,Oregon  \nWILLIAM V.ROTH,JR.,DelawarePAUL LAXALT,NevadaJOHN C.DANFORTH,Missouri  \noeiclas1    95tm  Compe./    .fe1977  \nCONTENTS  \nWITNESS  \nTageHon.Gregory J.Ahart,Director,Human Resources Division,GeneralAccounting Office;accompanied by Robert Iffert,Assistant Director_-5ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONCommittee press release announcing this hearing---1Letter from Senator Talmadge to Comptroller General Staats-2  \nLetter from American Federation of Government Employees to RobertIffert,Assistant Director,GA0-_12  \n(III)  \n\n| CMS Library  \u003Cbr>C2-07-13  \u003Cbr>7500 Secuity Blvd.  \u003Cbr>3sltimore,Marylend 21244   |\n| --- |\n\n# COMPTROLLER GENERAL’S REPORT ON ESTABLISH-MENT OF HEALTH CARE FINANCING ADMINISTRA-TION IN HEW\n\nTHURSDAY,JULY 21,1977  \nU.S.SENATE,SuBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTHOF THE CoMMITTEE ON FINANCE,Washington,D..  \nThe subcommittee met,pursuant to notice,at 9:05 a.m.in room 2221,Dirksen Senate Office Building,Hon.Herman E.Talmadge(chair-man of the subcommittee)presiding.  \nPresent:Senators Talmadge and Matsunaga.Senator TALMADGE.The hearing will be in order.  \nThe Subcommittee on Health is holding two hearings this morning.The first hearing is for the purpose of receiving the report of theGeneral Accounting Office on the reorganization of medicare andmedicaid into a new Health Care Financing Administration.  \nThe second hearing,which I anticipate will begin about 10:30,is forthe purpose of considering legislative proposals designed to expandmedicare coverage of services provided in rural clinics.  \n[The committee press release announcing this hearing follows:]  \n[Press Release]  \nCoMMITTEE ON FINANCE,SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH,U.S.SENATE.  \n# FINANCE CoMMITTEE ANNOUNCES HEARING To RECEIVE CoMPTROLLER GENERAL’sREPORT ON ESTABLISHMENT OF HEALTH CARE FINANCING ADMINISTRATION IN HEW\n\nSenator Herman E.Talmadge(D.,Ga.),Chairman of the Subcommittee onHealth of the Senate Finance Committee,announced today that the Subcommit-tee will hold a hearing on Thursday,July 21,1977 at 9:00 A.M.in Room 2221Dirksen Senate Office Building,to receive testimony from representatives of theComptroller General concerning the recent reorganization of the Medicare andMedicaid programs within the Department of Health,Education,and Welfare.  \nThe investigation by the Comptroller General of the development of theorganizational structure of the new Health Care Financing Administration wasformally requested by the Subcommittee on June 7,1977.The request stemmedfrom concern with apparent:(1)proliferation of new supergrade employees inthe new agency;(2)fragmentation of authority and responsibility;and(3)aproliferation of new and overlapping bureaus,offices,and divisions superim-posed over the Medicare and Medicaid operating agencies.  \nAt the conclusion of his detailed request to the Comptroller General for theinvestigation.Senator Talmadge stated:“Quite simply,the basic questions are:Does this organizational structure enhance or impair effective and timely co-ordinated policymaking and operations?Are duplicative or parallel functionsand jobs consolidated or eliminated at 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