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Date Feb. 13, 1984 Report No. HRD-84-40 Title

Health: Analysis of Medicare Durable Medical Equipment Claims in Georgia, Idaho, and Southern California

UNITED STATS GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 13, 1984 February HUMANRESOURCES D1V1910N Carolyne K. Davis, PhD Health Care Financing Administrator, Administration Department of Health and Human Services Dear Dr. Davis: Analysis Claims California in of Medicare Durable Medical Georgia, Idaho, and Southern (GAO/HRD-84-40) Equipment Subject: We are in the process of analyzing reimburs...
Date Feb. 13, 1984 Report No. HRD-84-23 Title

Health: Inadequate Controls Over Medicare Payments for Once-in-a-Lifetime Physician Procedures

UNITEDSTATESGENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 February HUMAN RUOURCU DIVISION 13, 1984 Carolyne K. Davis, Ph.D., Administrator Health Care Financing Administration Department of Health and Human Services Dear Dr. Davis: Subject: I Ill 123437 Over Medicare Physician Payments Procedures Inadequate Controls for Once-In-A-Lifetime (GAO/HRD-84-23) Medicare carriers are required to have c...
Date Jan. 30, 1984 Report No. HRD-84-30 Title

Health: Information on Medicare's Administrative Sanction Process As It Relates to a Practitioner

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RELEASED HUMAN RCSOlJRCC8 OIVISION January 30, 1984 B-214207 The Honorable United States Howard M. Metzenbaum Senate ill I ll~lllllle 123505 Dear Senator Metzenbaum: Subject: Information on Medicare's Administrative Sanction Process as it Relates to a Practitioner (GAO/HRD-84-30) You asked us to review the medical and billing practices...
Date Dec. 22, 1983 Report No. HRD-84-10 Title

Health: Hospital Merger Increased Medicare and Medicaid Payments for Capital Costs

BY THECOMPiiOLLEI? GENERAL Report To The Honorable Willis D. Gradison, Jr. House Of Representatives OF THE UNITEDSTATES Hospital Merger Increased Medicare And Medicaid Payments For Capital Costs In 1981, the Hosprtal Corporatron of Amerrca (HCA) acqurred the assets (54 hosprtals, 18 nursrng homes, and other subsrdrarres) of Hospital Affiliates Internatronal, Inc , from INA Corporatron INA received...
Date Nov. 3, 1983 Report No. 122841 Title

Health: Long-Term Care

1 .J . ‘ IL;&” UNITED 'STATES GENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON,D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE 0N:DELIVERY Expected at 1:30 p.m. November 3, 1983 / STATEMENTOF ELEANORCHELIMSKY DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE FOR PROGRAM EVALUATION ON I I / / 'LONG-TERM CARE' BEFORE THE 122841 SUBCOMMITTEE HEALTH ON UNITED STATES SENATE MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE: We are pleased long-term you noted most difficult ...
Date Sept. 30, 1983 Report No. HRD-83-74 Title

Health: Need To Eliminate Payments for Unnecessary Hospital Ancillary Services

BY THE U.S.GE?dEF?AL ACCOUNTING OFFlCi Report To The Secretary And Human Services Of Health Need To Eliminate Payments For Unnecessary Hospital Ancillary Services About 6 percent of the charges for ancillary services provided to a sample of Medicare beneficiaries at 16 hospitals represented unnecessary care. All of the unnecessary was paid by Medicare because of the bsence of effective medical nec...
Date Aug. 16, 1983 Report No. HRD-83-22 Title

Health: Medicare/Medicaid Funds Can Be Better Used To Correct Deficiencies in Indian Health Service Facilities

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 B-211198 AUGUST 16,1963 The Honorable Margaret The Secretary of Health Human Services Dear Madam Secretary: Subject: M. Heckler and Medicare/Medicaid Used to Correct Health Service Funds Can Be Better Deficiencies in Indian Facilities (GAO/HRD-83-22) In 1976, the Indian Health Service (IHS) was authorized to collect payments from the M...
Date July 18, 1983 Report No. 121912 Title

Health: Cost Saving Proposals Relating to the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Program

SUMMARY GAO TESTIMONY BEFORETHE OF SUBCOMMITTEE HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT ON HOUSECOMMITTEEON ENERGYAND COMMERCE The Reconciliation Conference budget for Report fiscal Instructions contained in the on the of the First year Concurrent that Resolution 1984 provides none of the savings shall come from or from arc to be to be achieved provisions reductions obtained from the Medicare costs program to ...
Date July 12, 1983 Report No. HRD-83-72 Title

Health: Comments on the Legislative Intent of Medicare's Hospice Care Benefit

B-207300 The Honorable Bill Archer House of Representatives Dear Mr. Archer: Comments on the Legislative Intent of Medicare's Hospice Care Benefit (GAO/HRD-83-72) 122087 JWLEASED Subject: asked us a number of questions Your June 2, 1983, letter concerning the recently enacted Medicare hospice care benefit. this report will address the As agreed to with your office, legislative intent behind the ho...
Date July 8, 1983 Report No. HRD-83-73 Title

Health: Analysis of Durable Medical Equipment Claims at Kansas City Blue Shield

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION July 8, 1983 Carolyne K. Davis, Ph.D. Administrator Health Care Financing Administration Department of Health and Human Services Dear Dr. Davis: Analysis at Kansas of Durable City Blue Medical Shield Equipment Claims (GAO/HRD-83-73) Subject: Our office is analyzing reimbursement for Durable Medical Equipment (D...
Date June 15, 1983 Report No. HRD-83-63 Title

Health: Comments on HCFA Regional Office Report on New Jersey's Diagnostic Related Group Prospective Reimbursement Experiment

UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 B-211835 ’ ie,. JUNE 15,1983 The Honorable John Heinz Chairman, Special Committee on Aging United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman8 Subject: *, .+,, I L ,I, 1 I, ' I,,, REl E&E; I, ' 1. Comments on a Health Care Financing Administration Regional Office Report on New Jersey's Diagnostic Related Group Prospective Reimbursement Experiment ...
Date June 15, 1983 Report No. HRD-83-60 Title

Health: Federal Funding of Long-Term Care for the Elderly

UNITEDSTATESGENERALACCDUNTING OFFICE WAbHINGTON, ’ ,. HUMAN RCSOURcC$ DIVISION I” :I$.,,. .,. Ar ,,... ... D.C. 3,’ 20549 :I .,( : jl ..,!, ‘F?,! :c,!.’ c,*,y(,*,,:
Date March 10, 1983 Report No. HRD-83-26 Title

Health: Eligibility of Civil Service Annuitants, Survivors, and Employees for Medicare

STUDY THESTAFFOFTHE BY US, ral Accountincj Office .Eligibility Of Civil Service Annuitants, Survivors, and Employees for Medicare In January 1983, Federal employees began paying the Medicare hospital insurance tax of 1.3 percent on the first $35,700 of their wages and thus become eligible for Medicare hospital insurance based on their Federal employment. This study shows that, as of December 1981,...
Date March 4, 1983 Report No. HRD-83-38 Title

Health: Savings Possible by Modifying Medicare's Waiver of Liability Rules

UNITED STATESGENERAL ACC~UNTD~C;OFFKE WASHINGTON, D.C. 2OSi8 HUMAN RWURCES Dlvl8loN B-210513 Mr. Thomas R. Donnelly Acting Secretary of Health Human Services Dear Mr. Donnelly: Subject: MARCH 4,1983 and 1207f 2 Savings Possible by Modifying Medicare's Waiver of Liability Rules (GAO/HRD-83-38) As part of its 1983. budget-cutting proposals, the administration sought, but did not obtain, legislation ...
Date Feb. 22, 1983 Report No. HRD-83-43 Title

Health: Review of Medicare and Medicaid Duplicate Payments in Michigan

February 22, 1983 Ms. Barbara Cage1 Regional Administrator Health Care Financing Administration Region V 175 West Jackson Boulevard Sui:e A-835 Chicago, Illinois 60604 Dear . Ys. Cagel: Review Duplicate of Hedicare Payments and Medicaia in Michigan Subject: (GAO/HRD-83-43) As part of our continuing review of medical payments under the practices and the Medicare and Hedicaid programs, we reviewed p...
Date Feb. 8, 1983 Report No. HRD-83-16 Title

Health: Improving Medicare and Medicaid Systems To Control Payments for Unnecessary Physicians' Services

.c c /&rlqq BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Improving Medicare And Medicaid Systems To Control Payments For Unnecessary Physicians’ Services Some services provided to Medicare and Medicaid recipients by physicians or suppliers are medically unnecessary and, under the law, should not be paid for by these programs. This report discusses the systems to identify,...
Date Feb. 4, 1983 Report No. 120522 Title

Health: Prospective Payment Systems for Nursing Home Care

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:30 FRIDAY, A.M. 1983 FEBRUARY 4, STATEMENT OF MICHAEL ZIMMERMAN, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE SENATE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING ON ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEMS FOR NURSING HOME CARE' _. HI lllIllllllllll 120522 Mr. Chairman to be here today and Member...
Date Feb. 2, 1983 Report No. HRD-83-30 Title

Health: Response to Questions Concerning Percentage Contracts and Limited Service Contracts Under Medicare

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINdTON, HUMAN RESOURCES D.C. 20548 DIvtSlON RELEASED ,IFEBRUARY 1983 2 The Honorable Robert Dole, Chairman Committee on Finance United States Senate The Honorable John He%nz Chairman, Special Committee on Aging United States Senate Subject: 120519 Response to Questions Conce.mFng Percentage Contracts and Limited Service Contracts I;lnAer Hedicare!(GAO/HR...
Date Jan. 21, 1983 Report No. HRD-83-28 Title

Health: Opportunities To Reduce Medicare Costs Under the End Stage Renal Disease Program for Home Dialysis Patients

UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING DC 20548 OFFICE HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION B-210417 JANUARY 21,1983 The Honorable Richard S. Schwelker The Secretary of Health and Human Services Dear Mr. Secretary: Opportunltles the End Stage Home Dialysis to Reduce LYledlcare Costs Under Renal Disease Program for Patients/(GAO/HRD-83-28) Sublect:! In March 1982, we presented testimony (see enc. I) in c...
Date Jan. 19, 1983 Report No. HRD-83-18 Title

Health: Hospital Links With Related Firms Can Conceal Unreasonable Costs and Increase Administrative Burden

Date Jan. 13, 1983 Report No. HRD-83-36 Title

Health: Improper Hospital Charges for Priority Tests Claimed for Medicare Reimbursement

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D C 20548 HUMC N RtSOURCCS DIVISION Carolyne K. Davis, Ph.D. Administrator Health Care Financing Admlnlstratlon Department of Health and Human Services Dedr Dr. DdVlb SubJect Improper Hospital Tests Claimed for (GAO/HRD-83-36) Charges Medicare for Priority Reimbursement' Our office 15 currently revlewlng dncllldry bervice utlllzdtlon III 16 selec...
Date Aug. 6, 1982 Report No. HRD-82-109 Title

Health: Impact of Medicare Reimbursement Limits on Small Rural Hospitals

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 OFFICE WASHINGTON, HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION August 6, 1982 B-208447 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Subject: Max Baucus Senate Baucus: Impact of Medicare Reimbursement Limits SmalL RuraL Hospitals (GAO/HRD-82-109) on This is in response to.your March 23, 1982, request that we review the impact on small rural hospitals of Medicare‘s routine inp...
Date July 23, 1982 Report No. HRD-82-61 Title

Health: Medicare Payments for Durable Medical Equipment Are Higher Than Necessary

B\i THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES Medicare Payments Medical Equipment Than Necessary For Durable Are Higher In October 1977, the Congress passed a law aimed at reducing the cost to the Medicare program and its beneficiaries for prolonged rentals of durable medical equipment, such as wheelchairs and walkers, when the purchase of such items would be more economica...
Date July 15, 1982 Report No. IPE-82-4 Title

Health: Preliminary Findings on Patient Characteristics and State Medicaid Expenditures for Nursing Home Care

. + m 1% ” rl%~ es . BY THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On ‘Health And The Environment Of The * Committee On Energy And Commerce Preliminary Findings On Patient Characteristics And State Medicaid Expenditures For Nursing Home Care In this report, GAO presents preliminary findings on the increasing disability and dependence of nursing home patients and the i...
Date June 21, 1982 Report No. 118733 Title

Income Security: The Railroad Retirement Board Disability Benefit Program

lll\ll~llll~lli\llllll~ll~ll LM118733 UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Washington, D.C. FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT lo:00 AM MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1982 STATEMENT OF PETER J. MCGOUGH, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON MANPOWER AND HOUSING COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD DISABILI...
Date June 15, 1982 Report No. 118738 Title

Health: 1983 Budget Proposals Relating to the Medicare Program

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 For Release on Dellvery Expected Tuesday, June 15, 1982 STATEMENT OF GREGORY J. AHART, DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH HOUSE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS ON i983 BUDGET PROPOSALS RELATING TO THE MEDICARE PROGRAM Mr. Chaxman today and members of the to discuss relating for Subcommittee, lmplxatlons Pro...
Date June 4, 1982 Report No. HRD-82-79 Title

Health: Availability of Nurse-Midwife Services Under Federal Health Care Programs

UNI'T~3 SATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 - \\k JUNE 4,1982 3 HUMAN RaOURCW DIVISION B-207636 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Subject: Daniel Senate Inouye: K. Inouye Availability of Nurse-Midwife Federal Health Care Programs Services Under (GAO/HRD-82-79) we have reviewed the availability of the At your request, services of nurse-midwives under various Federal health...
Date May 19, 1982 Report No. HRD-82-74 Title

Health: Delays in Processing Medicare Beneficiary Claims in Texas

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RELEASED The Honorable Bill Archer House of Representatives Dear Mr.. Archer: Subject: Delays in Processing Medicare in Texas (GAO/HRD-82-74) Beneficiary Claims On October 6, 1981, you requested that we make an indepth You exreview of the processing of Medicare claims in Texas. pressed concern about unusual and serious delays experienc...
Date May 14, 1982 Report No. HRD-82-62 Title

Health: Rural Health Clinic Services Act Has Not Met Expectations

i?EK.lRTBYTHEUS. General Accounting Office RELEASED " IRural Health Clinic Services $ct Has Not Met Expectations The act authorized Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement for the services of physician extenders in participating rural health clinics in medically underserved areas. The ;services provided under the act have been ;much lower than anticipated. GAO found ~that Medicare beneficiaries in the...
Date May 10, 1982 Report No. HRD-82-73 Title

Health: Information on Prospective Reimbursement Systems

UNITED STATES GEhERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, HUP.jAN RESOURCES D.C. 20548 ) DIVISION ~ B-207300 I The Honorable United States Dear Senator Subjects Bob Packwood Senate Packwood: Information on Prospective Systems (GAO/HRD-82-73) Reimbursement MAY 10,1982 Your January 6, 1982, letter posed three questions relative to the use of a prospective reimbursement system under Medicare. Specifically:...
Date April 30, 1982 Report No. HRD-82-67 Title

Health: Need To Recover Medicare Part B Duplicate Payments in Illinois

*%@--- UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING.~FFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20546 118307 30, 1982 nLlni*n Raounca ~ DIVISION April B-207260 The Honorable Richard 6. Schweiker The Sacretaty Services of H8alth and Human Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: J In our December 1, 1981, report, A/ we reoommended that you dir8ct the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) to analyze of Medicare part B overpayments in Il...
Date April 19, 1982 Report No. HRD-82-58 Title

Health: Inquiry About Alleged Discriminatory Medicare Part B Reimbursement in New Jersey

UNITED sT'A%SGENERALACCOUNTlNG WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RELEASED The Honorable Matthew House of Representatives Dear Mr. Rinaldo: Inquiry About Alleged Part B Reimbursement Discriminatory in New Jersey Medicare (HRD-82-58) J. Rinaido Subject: This is in response to your request for a study of allegations of discriminatory rate reimbursement to New Jersey senior citizens Medical Insurance program ('M...
Date March 15, 1982 Report No. 117799 Title

Health: Data Used by HCFA in Preparing Its Proposal for the End Stage Renal Disease Program

*.. .a, “‘“i,, *, Izi?w United States General Accounting D.C. 20548 Office 1 Washington, FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:00 a.m. EST Monday, March 15, 1982 Statement Associate Director, of Michael Zimmerman Division Human Resources Before the on Health on Finance Subcommittee Senate Committee On the Data Used by the Health in Preparing Reimbursement Its Proposal Care Financing to Estab...
Date March 15, 1982 Report No. 118458 Title

Health: The Proposed Regulations Governing Reimbursement Under the Medicare End Stage Renal Disease Program

. . United States General Accounting D.C. 20548 Office Washington, Statement Subcommittee House Committee Hearing Governing Medicare for the Record on Oversight on Ways and Means Regulations Under the Progrpm on the Proposed Reimbursement End Stage Renal Disease This Financing to establish statement focuses on the data used by the Health its recent Care Administration a prospective dialysis (HCFA)...
Date Feb. 22, 1982 Report No. HRD-82-42 Title

Health: Information on Selected Medicare Independent Dialysis Facility Audits

, UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 117c;?7 HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION FEBRUARY 22,1982 B-206428 The Honorable L. H. Fountain Chairman, Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations and Human Resources Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Information on Selected Dialysis Facility Audits RELEASED Subject: Medicare Independent '(HRD-...
Date Feb. 18, 1982 Report No. HRD-82-39 Title

Health: Medicare Equalization Factor Payments to Group Practice Prepayment Plans Should Be Stopped

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RE#WIRCU DIVISIDH B-206363 The Honorable Richard S. Schweiker The Secretary of Health and Human Services Dear Mr. Secretaryt Subject% Medicare Equalization Practice Prepayment (HRD-82-39) ulllllllllll I 117526 Factor Payments to Group Plans Should Be Stopped This letter is to advise you of our view that Medicare part B equalization factor payments to Group Practice Pre...
Date Jan. 20, 1982 Report No. HRD-82-32 Title

Do Aged Medicare Patients Receive More Costly Routine Nursing Services: Evidence Inconclusive

I , BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITED STATES Do Aged Medicare Patients Receive More Costly Routine Nursing Services? Evidence Inconclusive Medicare now assumes that it is more costly for hospitals to provide routine nursing services to aged than to nonaged inpatients and pays hospitals a premium. This is called the Medicare routine nursing salary cost differential. Howeve...
Date Dec. 22, 1981 Report No. HRD-82-24 Title

Health: Information on Medicare's Hospital Inpatient Routine Operating Cost Reimbursement Limits for Duluth-Superior

UNITED sTC;TES#GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 2OW B-205816 DmxruslR 2& 1981 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Subject: Rudy Boschwitz Senate Nlllllllllll II 117103 Boschwitz: Information on Medicare's Hospital Inpatient Routine Operating Cost Reimbursement Limits for Duluth-Superior (HRD-82-24) This is in rssponse to your referral of a letter from Mr. Thomas G . Bell III, a membe...
Date Dec. 22, 1981 Report No. HRD-82-23 Title

Health: Information on Medicare's Hospital Inpatient Routine Operating Cost Reimbursement Limits for Duluth-Superior

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACC~UNTIP~G OFFICE WASHlNGtON. D.C. 20548 B-205816 The Honorable James Oberstar House of Representatives :Dear Mr. Oberstar: Information on Medicare's Hospital Inpatient Routine Operating Cost Reimbursement Limits for Duluth-Superior (HRD-82-23) Subject: This is in response to your referral of a letter from Mr. Thomas G. Bell III, a member of the Board of Trustee& of Miller-D...
Date Dec. 16, 1981 Report No. HRD-82-30 Title

Health: Guidance and Information Needed on the Use of Machine Readable Claims Under Medicare and Medicaid

*li **4, % I Vlzl UNITED STATESGENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 NIJMAN RESOURCES DIVISION December 16, 1981 Dr. Carolyne Davis, Administrator Health Care Financing Administration Department of Health and Human Services Washington, D. C. 20201 Dear Dr. Subject: Davis: /'Guidance and Information "-achine Readable Claims (HRD-82-30) NeedeC on the Under hedicare Use of ... and Medicaid ...
Date Dec. 9, 1981 Report No. 117016 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Ways To Improve HHS Inspector General's Operations and Relationship With FBI

United States General Accounting Washington., D.C. 20548 Office FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:30 a.m., EST Wednesday, December 9, 1981 STATEMENT OF WILLIAM J. ANDERSON, DIRECTOR GENERAL GOVERNMENTDIVISION BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING, ON WAYS TO IMPROVE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OPERATIONS AND RELATIONSHIP W...
Date Dec. 3, 1981 Report No. 117013 Title

Health: The Use of Competitive Fixed-Price Contracting in Medicare

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, December 3, 1981 STATEMENT OF GREGORYJ. AHART, DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH COMMITTEE ON FINANCE UNITED STATES SENATE ON THE: USE OF COMPETITIVE FIXED-PRICE CONTRACTING IN MEDICARE NIlIll III1 117013 Mr. Chairman today and Members of to d...
Date Dec. 1, 1981 Report No. HRD-82-17 Title

Health: Experiments Have Not Demonstrated Success of Competitive Fixed-Price Contracting in Medicare

Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES Experiments Have Not Demonstrated Success Of Competitive Fixed-PriceContracting In Medicare The results of Medicare’ s three competitive fixed-price experiments have varied. Contractor performance ranged from satisfactory in Maine to unsatisfactory in Illinois. Contractor performance in upstate New York is now considered satisfactory after an initial 6-mon...
Date Nov. 10, 1981 Report No. 116840 Title

Health: Expanded Home Health Care

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:30 a.ml. Tuesday, November 10, 1981 STATEMENTOF ELEANOR CHELIMSKY DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE FOR PROGRAM EVALUATION I I BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES UNITED STATES SENATE ON EXPANDEDHOME HEALTH CARE We are pleased to be here today to testify on the iswe of / borne health care and S. 23...
Date Oct. 26, 1981 Report No. HRD-82-4 Title

Income Security: Improved Knowledge Base Would Be Helpful in Reaching Policy Decisions on Providing Long-Term, In-Home Services for the Elderly

BYTHEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Honorable Pete V. Domenici United States Senate lmproved Knowledge Base Would Be Helpful In Reaching Policy Decisions On Providing Long-Term, In-Home Services For The Elderly Long-term, in-home care consists of services to the elderly who, because of chronic functional disabilities, need assistance with basic activities of daily living. Although it i...
Date Sept. 25, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-155 Title

Medicare Home Health Services: A Difficult Program To Control

., UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 HUMAN REsoURCEs DIVISION B-204802 The honorable United States Dear Senator Pete V. Domenici Senate Domenici: This report responds to your August 6, 1979, request regarding Medicare home health services. We made an assessment of the reasonableness and medical necessity of skilled nursing care and the need for the home health aide ser...
Date Sept. 10, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-140 Title

Health: Medicare's Reimbursement Policies for Durable Medical Equipment Should Be Modified and Made More Consistent

BYTHE ~,S.GENERALACC~UNTING Report To The Honorable Russell B. Long United States Senate i “A c -i 0~FlcE f> i i, & L ,:..--./ 19 Medicare’s Reimbursement Policies for Durable Medical Equipment Should Be Modified And Made More Consistent Medicare payments for durable medical equipment--hospital beds, wheelchairs, commodes, etc.--were estimated at $125 ,mitlion for 1979. For two items of equipm...
Date Sept. 3, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-126 Title

Health: More Action Needed To Reduce Beneficiary Underpayments

UNITED STATESGENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 nUhlAN RESOURCef OIYI+LON .. B-200144 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Subject: Lawton Senate Chiles: !More Action Needed to Reduce Beneficiary Underpayments'i; (HRD-81-126) Chiles SEPTEMBER 3.1981 RELEASED This report was prepared at the request of your office and represents the results of our follow-on work to an earlier report...
Date May 14, 1981 Report No. 115235 Title

Health: Legislation and Regulations To Address Abuses in the Home Health Care Industry

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 1O:OO a.m. EDT Thursday, May 14, 1981 STATEMENT OF GREGORYJ. AHART, DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE PERMANENTSUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTALAFFAIRS ON THE ADEQUACY OF r LEGISLATT"N AND REGULATIONS $@ADDRESS'i@USES IN THE HOME HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY 3 Mr. Chairman a...
Date April 24, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-84 Title

Health: Response to the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations' Queries on Abuses in the Home Health Care Industry

COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASMIWGTON OF O.C. THE UNITED 2OSM STATES The Honorable William V. Roth, Jr. Permanent Subcommittee on Chairman, Investigations Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Response to the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Queries on Abuses in the Home I;- nvestigations' Health Care Industry (HRD-81-84) Subject: I“) 3 'This report is in response to...