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Date Jan. 15, 1988 Report No. HRD-88-44BR Title

Medicare: Share of Hospitals' Inpatient Use and Revenue

‘I I - *. I *Y W I United States General Accounting OfTice / GAO January lSS8 Briefing Report to the Honorqble Jim Kolbe, House of Representatives MEDICARE Share of Hospit&ls’ Inpatient Use ahd Revenue 134841 w w\o42 vAO/HRD-88-44BR 1; United States Generd Accounting (M!fkte Washington, D.C. 20548 Human I&sowea Division B-229420 January16,1988 The Honorable Jim Kolbe House of Representatives D...
Date Nov. 30, 1987 Report No. HRD-88-40BR Title

Medicare: Change in Contingency Reserve Funding Held Down Increase in Part B Premium

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Date Oct. 28, 1987 Report No. NSIAD-88-51FS Title

AIDS: Information on Global Dimensions and Possible Impacts

GA!! October 1987 Fact Sheet to the Honorable JesseHelms, U.S. Senate AIDS Information on Global Dimensions and Possible Impacts .-r. : . . GAO l’ nitvd States (kneral Accounting Office LVashington,D.C. 205-N National Security and Itlternational AfTairs Division R-229201 October 28, 1987 Jesse Helms Senate Helms: The Honorable United States Dear Senator This fact sheet responds to your request o...
Date Sept. 30, 1987 Report No. HRD-87-137 Title

Prenatal Care: Medicaid Recipients and Uninsured Women Obtain Insufficient Care

United GAO September 1987 V on Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee States General Accounting Office 1.1 ’ Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations, Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives PRENATAL CARE Medicaid Recipients and Uninsured Women Obtain Insufficient Care Ill II 134246 RESTRDITIZL-Not to be rekased outside the Gene& Accounting Office excepton the basis of ...
Date Sept. 30, 1987 Report No. T-HRD-87-25 Title

Health: Prenatal Care

For Release on Delivery Expected at 9t30 a.m. EDT : Wednesday I September 30, '1987 PREKUATAL CARE Statement of Richard L. Fogel, Assistant Human Resources Division Comptroller General Before the Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives lllll Ill lllllI 134040 SUMMARY More than $2.5 billion is spent annually on neon...
Date July 21, 1987 Report No. T-HRD-87-17 Title

DOD Health Care: GAO's Reviews of Quality Assurance Programs

United States General Accounting OBRce / Testhony For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 a.m. EST Tuesday, July 21, DOD HEALTH CARE GAO'S REVIEWS OF QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAMS 1987 Statement of David P. Baine, Human Resources Associate Division Director Before the Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation Committee on Armed Services House of Representatives llllllllll Ml 133502 / GAO/...
Date June 29, 1987 Report No. T-PEMD-87-6 Title

Cancer Patient Survival: What Progress Has Been Made?

GAO Release on Delivery Expected at 9:45 a.m. Monday, June 29, 1987 For Testimony CANCER PATIENT BAS BEEN MADE? SURVIVAL: WHAT PROGRESS Statement of Eleanor Chelimsky, Director Program Evaluation and Methodology Division Before the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives 133321 ;AO/T-PEMD-87-6 MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE...
Date June 4, 1987 Report No. HRD-87-30 Title

DOD Health Care: Better Use of Malpractice Data Could Help Improve Quality of Care

. United States G&era1 Accounting Office / 3 Report to CongressionalRequesters Jbe 1987 DOD HEALTH CARE Better Use of Malpractice Data Could Help Improve Quality of Care 133115 United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 Human Resources DivMon B-226293 June 4, 1987 The Honorable Beverly B. Byron Chairman, Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation Committee on Armed Ser...
Date March 31, 1987 Report No. PEMD-87-13 Title

Cancer Patient Survival: What Progress Has Been Made?

*# -*-*4”mI,o-LIImI,--I* m---w- United ----- sljxtes Geueral Accounting --_--1-.-s-- O!fici GAO 0: Report xo the Chairman, Subcominkteeon I;rtte:~governmental IRelationsand Human 13esouxes, Committee on Goverrument Operations, Houseof Representatives CANCER F’ATIENT SURVIVAL What P’rogressHas &en Made? 132697 1 IIII II 1111111 IllIll B-m __- - I_ -(t-_l_---L-_(- iG/PEMD-87-13 , ,,, ,,,, ,,,,...
Date May 6, 1986 Report No. HRD-86-70 Title

VA Health Care: Allocation of Resources to Medical Facilities in the Sun Belt

United States Genkal Ackmting Office w , GAO * May 1986 Report to Congressional Requesters VA HEALTH CARE Allocation of Resourcesto Medical Facilities in the Sun Belt 129819 03rs343 GAO,‘HRD-86-70 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 Human Resources Division B-207920 May 6, 1986 The Honorable Paula Hawkins United States Senate The Honorable Lawton Chiles United Stat...
Date Nov. 21, 1983 Report No. RCED-84-73 Title

Transportation: Information on Maritime Illness and Injury Statistics

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 OFFICE WASHINGTON, RESOURCES. COMMUNITY, PNO ECONOMIC OEVELOPMENT OIVISION November 21, 1983 B-210816 The Honorable W illiam Roth, Jr. Chairman, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear M r. Chairman: Subject: Information Statistics on Maritime Illness (GAO/RCED-84-73) and Injury This letter is ...
Date May 4, 1982 Report No. IPE-82-3 Title

Health: The Status of the Department of Health and Human Services' Compliance With Requirements To Establish a Data Collection Plan for the Medicaid Home and Community Care Waiver

UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 OFFICE INSTITUTE FOR EVALUATION PROGRAM May 4, 1982 B-207323 The Honorable Henry A. Waxman Chairman, Subcommittee on Health and the Environment Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: The Status of the Department of Health and Human Compliance with Requirements to EstabServices' lish a Data Collection Plan...
Date April 26, 1982 Report No. ID-82-27 Title

Malaria Control in Developing Countries: Where Does It Stand and What Is the U.S. Role

. 4 c / ,6 h’ THEUS. GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE REPORT TO THE ADMINISTRATOR, AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Malaria Control In Developing Countries: -;-Where Does It Stand? -‘-What Is The U.S. Role? I mm A0 recommends that the Agency for International Development re-examine existing pfogram guidelines in light of changes srnce the last agencywide statement. These changes involve a resurgen...
Date April 19, 1982 Report No. IPE-82-6 Title

Information Management: Identifying Computer Data Bases To Aid Congressional Oversight on the Needs of Older Americans

48 ,. : UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 INSTITUTL I-OR EVALUATION PROGRAM B-206178 APRIL 19,1982 The Honorable John Heinz Chairman, Special Committee United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: on Aging llllllllllll 118121 Subject: Identifying Computer Data Bases to Aid Congressional Oversight on the Needs of Older Americans (IPE-82-6) the Committee on Rules and On April...
Date Nov. 18, 1981 Report No. 116885 Title

Health: Agent Orange

c 5 * . UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:30 a.m., Est. November 18, 1981 Wednesday, SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ROBERT A. PETERSON, SENIOR ASSOCIATE HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON VETERXJ!JS' AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE ON AGENT ORANGE GAO has studies by the of reviewed Orange the draft protocol to the that for DIRE...
Date Jan. 2, 1981 Report No. EMD-81-1 Title

Health: Problems in Assessing the Cancer Risks of Low-Level Ionizing Radiation Exposure

BY THECOMPTR-9LCERGENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES I Report ToThe Congress ’ LMI 14088 lllllllllrlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Problems In Assessing The Cancer Risks Of Low-Level ionizing Radiation Exposure Volume 1 of 2 Volumes After decades of research, important questions remain unanswered about the cancer risks of low-level ionizing radiation exposure. With the increasing use of materials and ...
Date Jan. 1, 1981 Report No. 117094 Title

Special Publications: Profiles of Older People

r* * *.- P r The data in this booklet is based on Ohio, which incl the characteristic Ohio with older p To set the stage for this booklet, a brief discussion of the three studies-Ohio, Oregon, and Kentucky-follows. ess of the United States. s General Accounting Office provides this booklet to the delegates to help them in their deliberations. We believe that by knowing about older people in these...
Date July 30, 1980 Report No. GGD-80-84 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Heroin Statistics Can Be Made More Reliable

11@u 8, 88, BY’Ti-iE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE . .*, . Report ToThe Attorney General Heroin Statistics Can BeI Made More Reliable The Federal Government uses statistical indicators to assess the drug situation in the United States. Because of congressional concern about the’ indicators’ reliability and because heroin is the Government’s number one .drug priority, GAO examined several s...
Date June 30, 1980 Report No. 112674 Title

Health: Efforts To Reduce Infant Mortality and Improve Pregnancy Outcome

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 1O:OO A.M. EDT June 30, 1980 STATEMENT OF GREGORY J. AHART, DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON CHILD AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES U. S. SENATE ,,M” ON EFFORTS TQ REDUCE INFANT MORTALITY I,. 1 ,,, AND IMPROVE PREGNANCY OUTCOME \ ,’ ,, i ,,,...
Date May 6, 1980 Report No. PAD-80-17 Title

Health: Health Maintenance Organizations Can Help Control Health Care Costs

BY THECOMPTROLLERGEmRAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES Jr2291 ’ Report To The Congress Health Maintenance Organizations Can Help Control Health Care Costs GAO’s analysis of the economic performance of federally qualified group practice and staff model health maintenance organizations (HMOs) indicated that: --They were taking into consideration the relative costs of providing services when deciding whether...
Date Oct. 15, 1979 Report No. HRD-80-3 Title

Health: Administration of Contract Between HEW and Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound

UNKED STATES GENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN REBOCJRC%S DIVISION B-154031 Mr. Jay B. Constantine Chief, Health Professional Subcommittee on Health Committee on Finance United States Senate Dear Mr. Constantine: Subject: i/ Staff ~l~l~llllll ll i 10855 HEW's Contract With Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound Covering Medical Care Provided to Medicare --Noncompliance With Ben...
Date July 19, 1979 Report No. HRD-79-52 Title

Health: Problems With Evaluating the Cost Effectiveness of Professional Standards Review Organizations

-. REPORT THE BY OF THE UNITED STATES Professional Standards Review Organizations are designed to assure that health care services provided under Medicare and Medicaid are delivered as effectively, efficiently, and economically as possible. GAO reviewed nine estimates of cost savings for Professional Standards Review Organizations totaling $21.4 million plus 67,000 patient days of care and found t...
Date July 11, 1977 Report No. HRD-77-77 Title

Income Security: Program To Pay Black Lung Benefits to Coal Miners and Their Survivors, Improvements Are Needed

ah Cr i-l&3-77 -9-J sac------7- ff- 7.7 / - 1 REPORTTOTHESENATECOMMITTEE ONHUMANRESOURCES BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL, OF THE -UNITED STATES ~~l~l~lll~~~l~l~ LN1103049 Program To Pay Black Lung Benefits To Coal Miners And Their SurwivorsImprovements Are Needed Departments of Lab He&h, E&k&ion, and Welfare /Hi” The Department of Labor is not achieving the results intended by the Black Lung Benefit...
Date Feb. 12, 1977 Report No. 093826 Title

Health: Present Federal Programs Addressed to Environmental Carcinogens

. .r . .\ 4 . .. 4 4 ’. ‘ * .( REYARKS BY ELMER 3. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE U N I T E D STATES AT T H E ~ O N F E R E N C EON THE FEDERAL REGULATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CARCINOGENS)CENTER FOR C O N T I N U I N G EDUCATION (WASHINGTON, D .C APRIL 1 2 , 1977 > FPRESENT i FEDERAL PROGRAMS ADDRESSED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CARCINOGENS p-‘ &)o mool I n r e c e n t y e a r s , t h e General Account...