Sally Dreslin
Executive Deputy Commissioner of Health, NYS Health Department
Thomas Meyer
Acting Medicaid Inspector General, NYS Office of Medical Inspector General
Dennis Whalen
President, HANYS
David Rich
Senior Vice President, Greater New York Hospital Association
Claudia Hammer
Interim President, NYS Association of Healthcare Providers, Inc.
Megan Tangjerd
Senior Associate for Public Policy, Healthcare Providers, Inc.
Beverly Grossman
Senior Policy Director, Community Health Care Association of NYS
Stephen Hanse
Vice President & Counsel Gov't Affairs, NYS Health Facilities Association
Amy Schnauber
Vice President, Advocacy & Public Policy, LeadingAge New York
Paul Macielak
Preident & CEO, NY Health Plan Association
Al Cardillo
Executive Vice President, Home Care Association of NYS
Elizabeth Dears, Esq
Senior vice President, Medical Society of the State of NY
James Kane
Executive Board Member & Treasurer, Empire State Association of Assisted Living
Dr. Bryan Ludwig
NY Chiropractic Council
Mary Sienkiewicz
Director, NYS Area Health Education Center System
Tracy Russell
Executive Director, Pharmacists Society of the State of NY
Michael Duteau, R.PH
Vice President, Kinney Drugs, Chain Pharmacy Association of NYS
Linda Wagner
Executive Director, NYS Association of County Health Officials
Steven Sanders
Executive Director, Agencies of Children's Therapy Services
Leslie Grubler (CANCELED)
Founding Director, UNYEIP
Daniel Lowenstein
Senior Director, Public Affairs, Primary Care Development Corporation
James Lytle
Counsel, NYS Coalition for Managed Long Term Care & PACE Plans
Anthony Fiori
NYS Coalition of NYS Public Health Plans
Kathy McMahon (CANCELED)
President & CEO, Hospice & Palliative Care Association of NYS
Bryan O'Malley
Executive Director, Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Association
Anthony Caputo
CEO, Concepts of Independence
Cathy James
Co-Chair, Alzheimer's Association
Bill Sherman
Vice President, Gov't Relations, American Cancer Society
Laurie Cole (CANCELED)
Executive Director, NYS Council on Behavioral Health Care
Kate Breslin
President, Schuyler Center for Analysis & Advocacy
Tracey Brooks
NYS President & CEO, Family Planning Advocates
Charles King
CEO & President, Housing Works
Lara Kassel
Coordinator, Medicaid Matters New York
Written Testimony
Kathy Febraio
Executive Director, NYS Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Phillip Povero
Sheriff, Ontario County
Elisabeth Benjamin, MSPH, JD
Vice President, Health Initiatives, Community Service Society of NY
Co-Chair, Policy Committee, HCFANY
Mark Scherzer
Legislative Counsel, New Yorkers for Accessible Health Coverage
Co-Chair, Policy Committee, HCFANY
Adam Prizio
Manager, Government Affairs, Center for Disability Rights
Andrew Pallotta
Executive Vice President, NYSUT
Matthew McMorrow
Director of Government Affairs, Empire State Pride Agenda
Heidi Siegfried, Esq.
Director of Health Policy, Center for Independence of the Disabled
Jacquelyn Kilmer
Chief Executive Officer, Harlem United Community AIDS Center
Rebecca Antar Novick
Supervising Attorney, Health Law Unit, The Legal Aid Society
Joe Baker
President, Medicare Rights Center
John Drexelius, Jr.
Government Relations Counsel, Developmental Disability Alliance of Western NY (DDAWNY)
Dennis Whalen
President, Health Care Association of NY
Elizabeth Berka
Health Information Specialist, Southern Tier Independence Center
Emilie C. Sisson
Manager, Wayne County Rural Health Network
Thomas Hohensee
MA, Network Director, Rural Health Education Network
Hospice and Palliative Care Association of NYS
Paul Pachter
Chief Executive Officer, North Country Behavioral Healthcare Network
Valerie Bogart, Esq.
Director, Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program