Any matters that would present any potential conflict. Chairman hatch do you know of any person or any reason, personal or otherwise, that would in any way prevent you om honorably discharging the responsibilities to the office to which you have been nominated . Ms. Verma i do not. Chairman hatch do you agree without reservation to respond anyreasonable inquiry reasonable summons to appear and testify before any nor any duel constituted committee of the congress if you are confirmed . Ms. Verma i do not. Chairman hatch you are willing to do that . Ms. Verma i am willing to do that. Chairman hatch ok. Finally, do you commit to provide a prompt response in writing to any questions addressed to you by any senator on this committee . Ms. Verma i do. Chairman hatch thank you. Let me now get into just some questions. I know you are aware of the historic bipartisan medicare access and chip reauthorization called i whats macra. Among other things the law got rid of the dreaded s. G. R. Formula
Any matters that would present any potential conflict. Chairman hatch do you know of any person or any reason, personal or otherwise, that would in any way prevent you om honorably discharging the responsibilities to the office to which you have been nominated . Ms. Verma i do not. Chairman hatch do you agree without reservation to respond anyreasonable inquiry reasonable summons to appear and testify before any nor any duel constituted committee of the congress if you are confirmed . Ms. Verma i do not. Chairman hatch you are willing to do that . Ms. Verma i am willing to do that. Chairman hatch ok. Finally, do you commit to provide a prompt response in writing to any questions addressed to you by any senator on this committee . Ms. Verma i do. Chairman hatch thank you. Let me now get into just some questions. I know you are aware of the historic bipartisan medicare access and chip reauthorization called i whats macra. Among other things the law got rid of the dreaded s. G. R. Formula
Serve as administrator of the centers for medicaid, medicare and Medicaid Services. Welcome, miss verma. Were so happy to have you here and your family as well. I appreciate your willingness to lead this key agency at this critical time. And i see that your family is joining us here today to lend support. So i extend a warm welcome to all of you and to them as well. Cms is the Worlds Largest health insurer, covering over 1 3 of the u. S. Population through medicare and medicaid alone. It has a budget of over 1 trillion, and it processes over 1. 2 billion claims a year for Services Provided to some of our nations most vulnerable citizens. Miss verma having dealt with cms extensively in your capacity as a consultant to numerous state Medicaid Programs, you know full well the challenges the agency deals with on a daily basis. And i suspect you also know that the job youve been nominated for is a thankless one, fraught with numerous challenges. The good news is there are opportunities in t
Serve as administrator of the centers for medicaid, medicare and Medicaid Services. Welcome, miss verma. Were so happy to have you here and your family as well. I appreciate your willingness to lead this key agency at this critical time. And i see that your family is joining us here today to lend support. So i extend a warm welcome to all of you and to them as well. Cms is the Worlds Largest health insurer, covering over 1 3 of the u. S. Population through medicare and medicaid alone. It has a budget of over 1 trillion, and it processes over 1. 2 billion claims a year for Services Provided to some of our nations most vulnerable citizens. Miss verma having dealt with cms extensively in your capacity as a consultant to numerous state Medicaid Programs, you know full well the challenges the agency deals with on a daily basis. And i suspect you also know that the job youve been nominated for is a thankless one, fraught with numerous challenges. The good news is there are opportunities in t
The committee will come to order. Id like to welcome everyone to the this mornings hearing. Today we consider the nomination of sima vermia to serve as administrator for the centers for medicaid and mediCare Services. Welcome. Were so happy to have you here and your family as well. I appreciate your willingness to lead this key agency at this critical time. And i see that your family joined you here today to lend support, so i extend a warm welcome to all of you and to them as well. Cms is the Worlds Largest health insurer. Covering over one third of the u. S. Population through medicare and medicaid alone. It has a budget of over 1 trillion and it processes over 1. 2 billion claims a year for Services Provided to some of our nations most vulnerable citizens. Having dealt with cms extensively in your capacity as a consultant to numerous state and Medicaid Programs, you know full well the challenges the agency deals with on a daily basis. I suspect you also know that the job youve been