WITNESS LIST Finance Committee (Subcommittee on Rising Medical Costs) September 5, 2002 - 8:30A Rising Medical Costs ON: Anderson, Gary (Texas Public Employees Association), Austin, TX Blase, Thomas Risk & Benefit Manager (Town & Country Food Storage, Inc.), San Angelo, TX Cunningham, Joe Physician (Texas Medical Association), Crawford, TX Dunlap, Charles Executive Director (Teacher Retirement System), Austin, TX Fitzsimmons, Thomas President of SEI Metal Forms (Texas Association of Business), Dallas, TX Gilbert, Don Commissioner (Health & Human Services Commission), Austin, TX Golostein, Gary Healthcare Benefits Executieve (Humana, Inc.), Austin, TX Hamond, Bill President (Texas Association of Business), Austin, TX Hardaway, Thomas Regional Director (PhRMA), Atlanta, GA Hightower, Allen Executive Director (Correctional Managed Health Care Committee) Homer, Andrew (Texas Public Employees Association), Austin, TX Jeffcoat, Sally Hospital CEO (Texas Hospital Association), Houston, TX Jung, Ronnie (Teacher Retirement System), Austin, TX Kaufman, Todd Director of State Gov't Affars (Genentech, Inc.), Sacrminto, CA Kolassa, Eugene Professor of Pharmacy Administration (Self), Oxford, MS Laneri-Keel, Lara Government Affairs Manager (Texas Association of Business), Austin, TX Matthews, Merrill Public Policy Analyst (Institute for Policy Innovation), Dallas, TX Montemayor, Jose Commissioner of Insurance (Texas Department of Insurance), Austin, TX Raimer, Ben Physician (Correction Managed Health Care Committee), Galvaston, TX Sanders, Will Healthcare (Heritage Information Systems, Inc.), Richmond, VA Sapp, Allen Assistant Director (Correctional Managed Health Care Committee), Huntsville, TX Shepherd, Karol Healthcare Administration (Texas Medical Group), Austin, TX Siedlecki, Louis (Pervasive Disability), Buda, TX Simms, John Hospital CEO (Trinity Medical Center), Brenham, TX Tripodi, Mark Healthcare (Heritage Information Systems, Inc.), Richmond, VA Waters, Teresa Associate Professor of Economics (Texas Medical Association), Memphis, TN Whitehurst, Darren (Texas Hospital Association), Austin, TX