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Note to File: Name-change from Jeanne Scott to Jeanne Scott Matthews. Long story here. No, Jeanne did not re-marry, she has been married to Rev. Matthews for nearly 30 years. But at the time of her marriage, she was well established and known professionally as "Jeanne Scott." Not a time to change names, it seemed. But she did promise Rev. Matthews... that "when she turned 65 and retired" she would start using his name. Oops, in 2008, she turned 65 and Rev. Matthews tapped her on the shoulder, "Ahem, you promised." Jeez Louise, a promise is a promise even if Jeanne is a veteran Washington DC politician. Thus the adoption of the "Jeanne Scott Matthews" sobriquet. Next time you see him, give the Rev. Bob Matthews a hug from me. while this sites political leanings may, on occasion, be all too obvious our goal is to make everyone who visits here a lobbyist for health careto understand that the issues are extremely complexsometimes seeming virtually intractablebut always challenging for those of us in the health care industry working for reform, for improvement, for greater cost effectiveness and efficiency and for the nation's health Jeanne Scott Matthews has been one of the nations leading health care lobbyists having spent almost 40 years inside-the-beltway” working both within and without the government, directing the Washington DC office for the Catholic Healthcare Association (CHAUSA) and serving during the first Reagan administration as senior counsel in the Office of the General Counsel, for the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), the friendly folks that brought you DRGs and physician prospective payment under Medicare. Leaving office at the end of President Reagans first term in December 1984, she noted the piles of paper” she had generated for the nations health care system, literally boxes and boxes duplicated in 5,500 hospitals, 55,000 pharmacies, and 650,000 physician offices. An Epiphany! She was personally responsible for having deforested vast acres of land for this paper now plastering the ...Read More