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| Date Feb. 13, 1987 |
Report No. HRD-87-13 |
Title
“ il’ . Unitedfhates General Accounting Of’l’ice / : GAO
Febbary 1987 r Report to the Honorable Ron Marlenee,Houseof Representatives VA HEALTH CARE u Support Lacking for Mission Changeat Miles City, Montana, Medical Center
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132298 t GAO IJnited States Genrral Awounting Dtwvw Regional --.-----_ __ .----. -------.-Office Office - Suite 300-D 2420 W. 26th Avenue Denver, CO 80211 ll-22(... |
| Date Dec. 19, 1986 |
Report No. PEMD-87-1 |
Title
. , United Statee General Accounting Office 1 GAO
Decetiber 1986 Report to the Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate MEDICAL DEVICES Early Warning of Problems Is Hampered by Severe Underreporting i 32008 537b 18
GAO,/PEMD-87-l mBmCTED-- Not to be released outsidotha c30nere] AccountingOfficeexceptqn the basis 0f cpta:fio WPrOV~by the Office of Congrnsslclnnl ~~cla,t~nn~,... |
| Date Aug. 11, 1986 |
Report No. HRD-86-93 |
Title
. , . \ United States General Accounting Office 31054 GAO
August 1986 Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means House of Representatives MEDICARE Alternatives for Paying Hospital Capital Costs GAO/HRD-86-93 Q ,; (- ’ I 4” I ‘ . c . united SfdfRB
General Accounting Office Wa&in#on, D.C.20548 Human Remarcear Divfsion B-210307 August 11,1986 The Honorable Fortn... |
| Date June 20, 1986 |
Report No. HRD-86-60 |
Title
-...- -I_ _- -..- --- --...- United States General Accounting Office GAO Report to the Honorable Sam Nunn United States Senate 130
3x3 - PUBLIC HOSPITALS SalesLead to Better Facilities but Increased Patient Costs RELEASED . GAO unitedstates
General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Human Besources Division B-223097 June 20, 1986 The Honorable Sam Nunn United States Senate Dear Senator Nunn:... |
| Date June 4, 1986 |
Report No. HRD-86-67 |
Title
, . I , _-~-~.-- ~-.. United States General Accounting Office GA!!! Report to the Honorable Bill McCollum House of Representatives VA HEALTH CARE Insufficient Support for Brevard County Location for New Florida Hospital ill lll1llll 111111
130124 RESTRICTED --Not to be releasedoutside tho General Accounting Office except on the basis of specific approval by the Office of CongressionalRdations. fWE... |
| Date April 29, 1986 |
Report No. HRD-86-78 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office T&&& GAO
April 1986 Report to the Administrator of Veterans Affairs VA HEALTH CARE Too Many Operating Rooms Being Planned and Built * 03fxx55
&W/HRD86-78 ..-__. I . GAO General Accounting Of’f’ice Washington, D.C. 20548 Human Resources
5207930 united states
Division April 29. 1981i The Honorable Thomas K. Turnage Administrator of Veterans Affairs Dear Mr... |
| Date Jan. 13, 1986 |
Report No. HRD-86-15 |
Title
- United States General Amounting Office 3-4 - I 40I Report to the Congress I . ml-y 1986 VA HOSPITALS Surgical Residents Need Closer Supervision GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Comptroller General of the United States B-220959 January 13, 1986
To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives This report discusses the adequacy of the... |
| Date May 24, 1985 |
Report No. HRD-85-23 |
Title
5 BY THE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Secretary Of Defense Implementing Outpatient Surgery Programs In Military Hospitals Can Reduce DOD’s Health Care Costs
Outpatient (or same day) surgery has received widespread attention from nonfederal health care providers as a way to reduce health care costs. GAO found that military hospitals have made limited use of outpatient surgery to re... |
| Date Sept. 30, 1983 |
Report No. HRD-83-74 |
Title
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 March 2, 1983 |
Report No. HRD-83-42 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 March 2, 1983
HUMAN RESOURCES DlVlSlON B-210942 MARCH 2,1983 The Honorable John Heinz Chairman, Special Committee United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: on Aging Subject: Circumstances Under Which Non-Profit Hospitals Are Reviewing and Deciding to Terminate Social Security Coverage. (HRD-83-42) Pursuant to your! request, the General A... |
| Date Jan. 19, 1983 |
Report No. HRD-83-18 |
Title
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| Date Sept. 1, 1982 |
Report No. HRD-82-77 |
Title
BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAI Report To The Congress
OF THE C)NlTEDSTATES
Millions Can Be Saved Through Better Energy Management In Federal Hospitals
A comparison of the energy savings achieved by hospitals of the Navy, Veterans Administration, and Indian Health Service--all of which have energy conservation programs--with that of five non-Federal hospitals having aggressive energy management program... |
| Date June 3, 1982 |
Report No. HRD-82-87 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
: WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RESOURCIKS OIVlS1ON Edward N. Assistant Department Services Dear Dr. Brandt, Jr., M.D. Secretary for Health of Health and Human Brandt: Administration of Hill-Burton and Loan Assistance Program Improved (GAO/HRD-82-87) 119796 Subject: Assurances Needs To Be We recently completed a review of several aspects of the administration... |
| Date Jan. 20, 1982 |
Report No. HRD-82-32 |
Title
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
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
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 Sept. 15, 1981 |
Report No. B-204289 |
Title
COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES _7 WASHINGTON D.C. 20548 B- 204289 September 15, 1981 The Honorable G. V. Montgomery Chairman, Committee on Veterans' Affairs House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Your July 28, 1981, letter, asked for our views on H.R. 3971 which would amend title 38, United States Code by directing the Comptroller General to assign one employee of the General Accoun... |
| Date July 2, 1981 |
Report No. HRD-81-77 |
Title
Report To The Honorable William Prbxmire, United States Senate RE~~A~~~ OF THEUNITED STATES Cost Of VA Medical Care To Ineligible Persons Is High And Difficult To Recover
During the 27-month period ended December 31, 1979, the Veterans Administration attempted to collect $15 million from persons who had received medical care in VA facilities, but who were not eligible for VA benefits. VA recovered... |
| Date June 10, 1981 |
Report No. HRD-81-62 |
Title
. . I BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report ToThe Congress
OF THEUNITEDSTATES Cost Cutting Measures Possible If Public Health Service Hospital System Is Continued
GAO had completed its review of ways Public Health Service medical care costs could be reduced before the President proposed legislative action to discontinue eligibility of seamen to receive free medical care and terminate the Service’s hos... |
| Date April 16, 1981 |
Report No. HRD-81-70 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 I l45!!2~ HUMAN RESC)U??C~ DIVlSlCW B-202636 The Honorable John Leboutillier House of Representatives Dear Mr. Leboutillier: APRIL 16,198l at the Veterans Li- lleged Irregularities Administration Medical Center, Manhattan, New York (HRD-81-70) -‘I Your predecessor requested that we review the Veterans Administration's (VA's) investig... |
| Date April 1, 1981 |
Report No. HRD-81-69 |
Title
UNJTEB STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTJNGOFFJCE BELEASED WASHINGTON, DC 20548 The Honorable Henry A. Waxman Chairman, Subcommittee on Health and the Environment Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: .c Subject: 'Transfer I**,Health of Physicians from the Boston Public Service Hospitaiw?HRD-81-69)p ii In response to your October 30, '1980, req&st'; we revie... |
| Date March 16, 1981 |
Report No. B-201156 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Office of General Counsel v MARH f 5 In Reply Referto: B-201156 Dr. Omer K. Petty Route 9, Carrie Ann Circle Poplar Bluff, Missouri 63901 Dear Dr. Petty: We refer to your correspondence dated October 21, 1980, concerning the scheduling and use of your annual leave. Your submission shows that you are employed as Chief, Dental Service, at ... |
| Date July 16, 1980 |
Report No. B-199563 |
Title
' B-199563 We understand the need for the study required by section 554(b)(2) to resolve the longstanding issue of the appropriate basis for payments to hospitals for the costs of providing routine nursing care to Medicare beneficiaries. We wish to call to your attention, however, factors that will affect our ability to carry out the study or to fully meet the study's stated requirements in the al... |
| Date June 30, 1980 |
Report No. 112715 |
Title
GAO
United States General Accounting Of’fice Washington, DC 20548 Human Resources Diuision Mr. Earl M. Health Care Washington, Dear Mr. Collier Financing l3.C. Jr., Acting Administration Administrator Collier: We recently completed a review of Lhospitals’ use of contract management services In particlllar, we examined J those arrangements where the management firm provides “full service mana... |
| Date June 24, 1980 |
Report No. HRD-80-86 |
Title
BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
Report To The Subcommittee On Special Investigations, House Committee On Veterans’ Affairs OF THE UNITED STATES Reassessment Of Veterans Administration’s Controls Over Drugs: Million-Dollar Problem Still Exists
Although GAO first reported on shortcomings in VA’s pharmacy systems in 1975, VA’s efforts to date to strengthen drug controls are largely ineffective. Fe... |
| Date Jan. 21, 1980 |
Report No. HRD-80-35 |
Title
BY THE COMPTR0LLE.R .(SENERAL ‘Report To The Chairman, SubcommitteedF ’ On Health, Committee On Finance United States Senate
OF Tt-iEUNITED STATES Hospitals In The Same Area Often Pay Widely Different Prices For Comparable Supply Items
GAO ~surveyed prices of supplies routinely purchased by 37 hospitals in six cities and found wide differences in prices paid for similar items. The most frequen... |
| Date Sept. 25, 1979 |
Report No. HRD-79-120 |
Title
Unarm STATESGENERAL ACCOUNTING OFF'ICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 B-164031(3) The Honorable William L. Clay House of Representatives
Dear SEPTEMBER RELEASED Mr. Clay: Subject: cfnappropriate Handling of Patients' Personal Funds By the City of St. Louis Bealth and Hospital Division J (HRD-79-120) ds to your December 4, 1978, letter that we look into the alleged improper use of unds by the City of St, L... |
| Date April 1, 1979 |
Report No. PSAD-79-58A |
Title
C o n t e n t s -------& Paqe
i FOREWORD ENDORSEMENT LETTER FROM THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION CHAPTER
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INTRODUCTION ii 1 OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTROL COSTS THROUGH CENTRAL PURCHASING Planning and scheduling Competition Value analysis and standardization Group purchasing Accountability and control weaknesses Conclusions and suggestions OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTROL COSTS THROUGH CENTRALIZED INVENTO... |
| Date April 1, 1979 |
Report No. PSAD-79-58B |
Title
P _. Page FOREWORD ENDORSEMENT LETTER FROM THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION GUIDELINES FOR USING CHECKLIST FOR EVALUATION MATERIALS MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS IN PRIVATE HOSPITALS CHECKLIST FOR EVALUATING MATERIALS MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS IN PRIVATE HOSPITALS Authority and responsibility Purchasing Inventory management Supply distribution - Medical Surgical Supplies Pharmaceutical purchasing Pharmaceutic... |
| Date April 4, 1978 |
Report No. 090239 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, DC 20548 HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION , Mr. Wallace E Busbee Acting Deputy Assistant General For Audit Veterans Administration Dear Mr Busbee Inspector In June 1977, we lnltiated a followup review of our Apnl 1975 report on the Veterans Administration's (VA's) controls over the use of psychotherapeutic drugs. i/ Because the Department of Medicine and... |
| Date April 4, 1978 |
Report No. 105698 |
Title
'~CURINT RESUli
05698 - [81226159] [Followup on VAts Use of Psychotberapeutic 1978. 3 pp. Drugs]. AFril 4, Report to Wallace E. Busbee, Acting Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Audit, Veterans Administration; by George D. Pock, Assistant Director, Huma Resaources itv. Contact: Human Resources Div. Organization Concerned: Veterans Administratica: Dept. of Medicine and Surgery. An April 1975 re... |
| Date March 30, 1978 |
Report No. HRD-78-84 |
Title
: I I b b’’ i’iEP0RTBY THE 7 6 &,$ SC’ ,:) fi- ; 1’:: 1 p . ’ .a - Comptroller General
OF THE UNiTED STATES
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_- -.-_--. __ __.____._.___. ---_ Health Care Needs Of Veterans In Puerto Rico And The Virgin Islands Should Be Assessed .
The Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs asked GAO to review ?wo VA programs to provide medica... |
| Date Jan. 31, 1978 |
Report No. HRD-78-43 |
Title
DOCUMENT RBESUME
04830 - ; B0325198 13 r ictcted) alismanagement at the North Chicago VA rRaviev of Allegati~q Hospital]. HRD-78-4i3!133044. January_ 31, 1978. 3 pp:. enclosure (12 pp.). Report to Sen. Villixr.oZaliree,Chairuane Senate Couaittee on SubconLittee; by ELer Appropriations: HWD-bteXndent AgencieBs B. Staats, Comptroler eneral. s: System for Providing Treatment og Issue Area: Health (12... |
| Date Jan. 17, 1978 |
Report No. HRD-78-30 |
Title
DOCUERIT RESUaB 04577 - [B0185081] (Restricted) [Review of the VA Internal Audit Service Report can the Midwest enclosure (9 pp.).
organ Bank]. HBD-78-30; 3-133044. January 17, 1978. 3 pp. + Report to aep. Bay Roberts, Chairman. House Committee on Veteranse Affairs; by Blaer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Health Programs: Federal Government Control of Costs Through Direct Delitery Pro... |
| Date Nov. 16, 1977 |
Report No. HRD-78-18 |
Title
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LM104048 RELEASED -_______ _ -_ - _-I--- --------- --. -I-- ---- _..-. - S%&:&&je&i i&'&a was of piT!&%TtPc irapl~e*%atiO of ai& corrective action st to ypou since theOffice af the fnfomed~ you imn a Hay 13, P9?6, letter tectfve action ha& been9 taken to insm... |
| Date July 27, 1977 |
Report No. HRD-77-128 |
Title
DOCUMENT RESUME
02850 A20931941 I estrt-d4 Information on Use of Medicare Reimbursement Method to Determine Hospital Payments under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services. HRD-77-128; B-133142. Jujy 27, 1977. 3 pp. + 2 appendices (17 pp.). Report to Rep. George H. Mahon, Chairman, House Committee on Appropriations; Sen. John L. McClellan, Chairman, Senate Committee o App... |
| Date July 12, 1977 |
Report No. HRD-77-122 |
Title
DOCUNENT 02948 A1993059] ESUME [Veterans' Administration Actions aken in Response to GAO Report on the Agency's Automated Clinical Lab System]. HRD-77-122; B-133044. ujy 12, 1977. 5 pp. Report to Sen, Alan Cranston, Chairman, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Area: Health Programs (1200); Health Programs: Federal ernment Control of Costs Through Direct... |
| Date May 10, 1977 |
Report No. 102225 |
Title
DOCUBIET BISIUE
02225 - [A1152437] (Restricted) [Treatment of Ineligible Titerans in Veterans Administration Hospitals]. Say 10, 1977. 3 pp. Report to Wallace B. Busbee, Director, Veterans Administrrtion: Internal Audit Service; by George D. Peck, Assistant Director, Human Resories and Development Div. Issue Area: Health Prograss (1200). Contact: Human Resources and Developmest Div. Budget Functio... |
| Date May 6, 1977 |
Report No. HRD-77-44 |
Title
DOCUMENT RFSUME 02224 - [A1332328] (];1c "-r Lack of Coordination between Medicaid and Medicare at John J. Kane Hospital. HRD-77-44; B-164031(3). May 6, 1977. 44 pp. Report to Sen. Frank Church, Chair an, Senate Special Committee on Aging; by Elmer 8. Staat:;, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Health Programs: CompliaLce With Financing Laws and Regulations (1207). Contact: Human Resources and Devel... |
| Date April 14, 1977 |
Report No. 102222 |
Title
/Oz 2,2-2 DOCBZIST lNSUSE
02222 - [Al452442 1 [Review of the Hedical School Affiliation Program at the Veterans Adainistration Hospital, ashington, 'D.C. ]*. pril 14, 1977.. 3 pp. * enclosure (1I pp.!). Report to A. A. Gavazzi, Director, Teterans Administration: VA dospital, Washington, DC; by George D. ,Peck, Assistant Director, Human Resources and Development Div. Issue Area: Health Programs (t2... |
| Date Feb. 28, 1977 |
Report No. HRD-76-168 |
Title
DOCUMENT RESUME 00507 - [A0891494] Many Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories Underused in Ldainistration Hospitals: Better Planning and Control Veterans Needed. HRD-76-168; 8-133044. February 28, 1977. 31 pp. Report to the Congress; by Robert F. Keller, Acting Comptroller General. Issue Area: Health Programs: Human Resources Div. Budget Function: Veterans Benefits and Services: Hospital and Medica... |
| Date April 14, 1976 |
Report No. MWD-76-119 |
Title
7 ~~~~~R~~~~G~NERALoFTHEuN~T~~TATEs
WA5HINGTON.D.C. /. 20548 : ,/_--.' ,_ B-133044 APR 14 1976 , The Honorable W. Henson House of Representatives Moore: Moore ,N’ ,, ” Dear Mr. Following your June 11, 1975, letter, aspects of the sdministration P the following ’ Veterans Administration (VA) Hospital_: --Space available for selected hospital for we agreed to assess of the New Orleans services... |
| Date April 30, 1975 |
Report No. MWD-75-73 |
Title
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(&Ii7 REPORT TO THE CONGRESS
LM097042 \IlllllIIIlllllllllllllllllllllll A Proposal ,For Disclosure Of Contractual And Financial Arrangements Between Hospitals And Members Of Their Governing Boards And Hospitals And Their Medical Specialists
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare BYTHECOMPTROLLERGENERAL
OFT%!3 UNITEDSTATES
MWD-75-73 APRIL30J97... |
| Date Feb. 11, 1975 |
Report No. MWD-75-58 |
Title
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 B-182297 1 R The Honorable William Proxmire Chairman I Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Development, Space, Science, and Veterans Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: ,-, 42 ..J requested that we examine Your September 19! 1974, letter and report on conditions at the Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH), In a letter to you, Republic of the Philipp... |
