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Hearings

VA Mental Health Care Staffing: Ensuring Quality and Quantity

Tuesday, May 8, 2012 | 10:30 AM 334 Cannon House Office Building

Tags: Full Committee

Panel: 1

The Honorable Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs*

Accompanied By:

Mary Schohn, Ph.D. Director, Office of Mental Health Operations Veterans Health Administration U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Antonette M. Zeiss, Ph.D., Office of Mental Health Services, Veterans Health Administration, Chief Consultant, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Annie Spiczak, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Workforce Service, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

John D. Daigh, Jr., M.D., Assistant Inspector General for Healthcare Inspections, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Linda A. Halliday, Assistant Inspector General for Audits and Evaluations, Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Panel: 2

Nicole L. Sawyer, PsyD, Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Diana Birkett Rakow, Executive Director of Public Policy, Group Health Cooperative

James Schuster, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Community Care Behavioral Health Organization of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

RADM Thomas Carrato, USPHS (Ret.) President, Health Net Federal Services

Panel: 3

Joy Ilem, Deputy National Legislative Director, Disabled American Veterans

Alethea Predeoux, Associate Director of Health Legislation, Paralyzed Veterans of America

Submissions for the Record

VA Mental Health Care Staffing: Ensuring Quality and Quantity