| Date |
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| Date May 25, 1999 |
Report No. T-AIMD-99-197 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 25, 1999 Testimony
Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, Committee on Commerce, House of Representatives YEAR 2000 COMPUTING CHALLENGE Much Biomedical Equipment Status Information Available, Yet Concerns Remain
Statement of Joel C. W... |
| Date April 28, 1999 |
Report No. HEHS/NSIAD/RCED-99-132 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
April 1999 Report to Congressional Requesters ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE Data to Assess Public Health Threat From Resistant Bacteria Are Limited GAO/HEHS/NSIAD/RCED-99-132 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Health, Education, and Human Services Division B-281564 April 28, 1999 The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy Ranking Minority... |
| Date April 15, 1999 |
Report No. T-AIMD-99-136 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, April 15, 1999 Testimony
Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, House of Representatives YEAR 2000 COMPUTING CRISIS Action Needed to Ensure Continued Delivery of Veterans Benefits and Health Care Services
Statement of Joel C. Willemssen Director, C... |
| Date Feb. 26, 1999 |
Report No. NSIAD-99-59 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
February 1999 Report to the Honorable Lane Evans, Ranking Minority Member, Committee on Veterans Affairs, House of Representatives GULF WAR ILLNESSES Procedural and Reporting Improvements Are Needed in DOD’s Investigative Processes GAO/NSIAD-99-59 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 National Security and International Aff... |
| Date Feb. 26, 1999 |
Report No. T-AIMD-99-92 |
Title
GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 9 a.m. Friday, February 26, 1999 United States General Accounting Office Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology, Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives YEAR 2000 COMPUTING CRISIS Readiness Status of the Department of Health and Human Services
Statement of Joel C. Willemssen Director, Civil Age... |
| Date Feb. 25, 1999 |
Report No. T-HEHS-99-62 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, February 25, 1999 Testimony
Before the Subcommittee on Public Health, Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, U.S. Senate EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES National Surveillance System Could Be Strengthened
Statement of Bernice Steinhardt, Director Health Services Quality and Public Health Is... |
| Date Feb. 24, 1999 |
Report No. HEHS-99-55 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
February 1999 Report to Congressional Requesters MEDICAL RECORDS PRIVACY Access Needed for Health Research, but Oversight of Privacy Protections Is Limited GAO/HEHS-99-55 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Health, Education, and Human Services Division B-280657 February 24, 1999 The Honorable James M. Jeffords Chairman, Co... |
| Date Feb. 24, 1999 |
Report No. T-AIMD-99-89 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 9 a.m. Wednesday, February 24, 1999 Testimony
Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives YEAR 2000 COMPUTING CRISIS Medicare and the Delivery of Health Services Are at Risk
Statement of Joel C. Willemssen Director, Civil Agencies Information Systems Accounting and Information Management Division G... |
| Date Feb. 24, 1999 |
Report No. T-HEHS-99-70 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, February 24, 1999 Testimony
Before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, U.S. Senate MEDICAL RECORDS PRIVACY Uses and Oversight of Patient Information in Research
Statement of Bernice Steinhardt, Director Health Services Quality and Public Health Issues Health, Education, and Huma... |
| Date Feb. 5, 1999 |
Report No. HEHS-99-26 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
February 1999 Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Public Health, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, U.S. Senate EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES Consensus on Needed Laboratory Capacity Could Strengthen Surveillance GAO/HEHS-99-26 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Health, Education, and Human Services Div... |
| Date Jan. 1, 1999 |
Report No. OCG-99-7 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO Performance and Accountability Series January 1999 Major Management Challenges and Program Risks Department of Health and Human Services GAO/OCG-99-7 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Comptroller General of the United States January 1999 The President of the Senate The Speaker of the House of Representatives This report a... |
| Date Sept. 24, 1998 |
Report No. T-AIMD-98-310 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, September 24, 1998 Testimony
Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, House of Representatives YEAR 2000 COMPUTING CRISIS Leadership Needed to Collect and Disseminate Critical Biomedical Equipment Information
Statement of Joel C. Willemssen Director,... |
| Date Sept. 18, 1998 |
Report No. AIMD-98-240 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
September 1998 Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, House of Representatives YEAR 2000 COMPUTING CRISIS Compliance Status of Many Biomedical Equipment Items Still Unknown GAO/AIMD-98-240 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Accounting and Information Manageme... |
| Date Aug. 1, 1998 |
Report No. IAP-98-14 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
August 1998 Health, Education, and Human Services Division Health Services Quality
and Public Health Issue Area Plan Fiscal Years 1999-2000 GAOIlAP-98-14 / Foreword In the pages that follow, we describe our key planned work on these pivotal issues. Because events may significantly affect even the best of plans and because periodic measurement of success ... |
| Date July 16, 1998 |
Report No. T-HEHS-98-214 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 11:00 a.m. Thursday July 16, 1998 Testimony
Before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives BALANCED BUDGET ACT Implementation of Key Medicare Mandates Must Evolve to Fulfill Congressional Objectives
Statement of William J. Scanlon, Director Health Financing and Systems Issues H... |
| Date May 14, 1998 |
Report No. T-NSIAD-98-186 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
For Release on Delivery
10:00 am., EDT Thursday, May 14, 1998 Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Human Resources, Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, House of Representatives GULF WAR VETERANS Limitations of Available Data for Accurately Determining the Incidence of Tumors
Statement of Kwai-Cheung Chan, Director of Special Studies and Evaluat... |
| Date April 20, 1998 |
Report No. HEHS-98-139R |
Title
>A0 United States General Accounting Washington, D.C. 20648 oirice
i66~ss Health, Education and Human Services Division B-279774 April 20, 1998 The Honorable Arlen Specter Chairman The Honorable John D. Rockefeller IV Ranking Minority Member Committee on Veterans’ Affairs United States Senate Subject: VA Health Care: Preliminarv Observations on Medical Care Provided to Persian Gulf Veterans Almo... |
| Date March 3, 1998 |
Report No. NSIAD-98-89 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
March 1998 Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Human Resources, Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, House of Representatives GULF WAR VETERANS Incidence of Tumors Cannot Be Reliably Determined From Available Data GAO/NSIAD-98-89 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 National Security and International Affairs Di... |
| Date Sept. 29, 1997 |
Report No. T-AIMD-97-176 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 1 p.m. Monday, September 29, 1997 Testimony
Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Commerce, House of Representatives MEDICARE AUTOMATED SYSTEMS Weaknesses in Managing Information Technology Hinder Fight Against Fraud and Abuse
Statement of Joel C. Willemssen Director, Information Resourc... |
| Date June 26, 1997 |
Report No. T-HEHS-97-165 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:00 a.m. Thursday, June 26, 1997 Testimony
Before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Committee on Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate MEDICARE Control Over Fraud and Abuse Remains Elusive
Statement of Leslie G. Aronovitz, Associate Director Health Financing and Systems Issues Health, Education, and Human Serv... |
| Date May 16, 1997 |
Report No. T-AIMD-97-91 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 11:30 a.m. Friday, May 16, 1997 Testimony
Before the Subcommittees on Human Resources and on Government Management, Information and Technology, Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, House of Representatives MEDICARE TRANSACTION SYSTEM Serious Managerial and Technical Weaknesses Threaten Modernization
Statement ... |
| Date May 16, 1997 |
Report No. AIMD-97-78 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
May 1997 Report to Congressional Requesters MEDICARE TRANSACTION SYSTEM Success Depends Upon Correcting Critical Managerial and Technical Weaknesses GAO/AIMD-97-78 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Accounting and Information Management Division B-275281 May 16, 1997 The Honorable Christopher Shays Chairman The Honorable E... |
| Date May 13, 1997 |
Report No. NSIAD-97-136 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
May 1997 Report to Congressional Requesters DEFENSE HEALTH CARE Medical Surveillance Improved Since Gulf War, but Mixed Results in Bosnia GAO/NSIAD-97-136 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 National Security and International Affairs Division B-275801 May 13, 1997 The Honorable Strom Thurmond Chairman The Honorable Carl Le... |
| Date March 4, 1997 |
Report No. T-HEHS-97-89 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 4, 1997 Testimony
Before the Subcommittee on Oversight, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives MEDICARE Inherent Program Risks and Management Challenges Require Continued Federal Attention
Statement of Leslie G. Aronovitz, Associate Director Health Financing and Systems Issues Heal... |
| Date Feb. 25, 1997 |
Report No. T-HEHS-97-78 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, February 25, 1997 Testimony
Before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives MEDICARE HMOs HCFA Could Promptly Reduce Excess Payments by Improving Accuracy of County Payment Rates
Statement of William J. Scanlon, Director Health Financing and Systems Health, Ed... |
| Date Feb. 14, 1997 |
Report No. NSIAD/HEHS-97-67 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
February 1997 Report to Congressional Requesters TELEMEDICINE Federal Strategy Is Needed to Guide Investments GAO/NSIAD/HEHS-97-67 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 National Security and International Affairs Division B-272523 February 14, 1997 The Honorable Curt Weldon Chairman The Honorable Owen B. Pickett Ranking Minor... |
| Date July 26, 1996 |
Report No. AIMD-96-86 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
July 1996 Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations, House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATICS Emerging Issues G A O years
1921 - 1996 GAO/AIMD-96-86 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Accounting and Information Management Division B-266124 ... |
| Date July 26, 1996 |
Report No. T-AIMD-96-134 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 a.m. EDT Friday, July 26, 1996 Testimony
Before the Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations Committee on Government Reform and Oversight House of Representatives CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATICS Emerging Issues
Statement of Patricia T. Taylor Director, Information Resources Management/ Health, ... |
| Date June 11, 1996 |
Report No. AIMD-96-72 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
June 1996 Report to Congressional Requesters PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND MEDICAID Automated Review Systems Can Help Promote Safety, Save Money G A O years
1921 - 1996 GAO/AIMD-96-72 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Accounting and Information Management Division B-261530 June 11, 1996 The Honorable William F. Clinger, Jr. Chai... |
| Date April 5, 1996 |
Report No. AIMD-96-39 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
April 1996 Report to the Chairmen and Ranking Minority Members, Senate Committee on Armed Services and House Committee on National Security MEDICAL ADP SYSTEMS Defense Achieves Worldwide Deployment of Composite Health Care System G A O years
1921 - 1996 GAO/AIMD-96-39 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Accounting and Infor... |
| Date March 28, 1996 |
Report No. T-HEHS-96-114 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, March 28, 1996 Testimony
Before the Special Committee on Aging, U.S. Senate PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND THE ELDERLY Many Still Receive Potentially Harmful Drugs Despite Recent Improvements
Statement of Sarah F. Jaggar, Director Health Financing and Public Health Issues Health, Education, and Human Servic... |
| Date Feb. 8, 1996 |
Report No. T-HEHS-96-86 |
Title
United StatesGeneral Accounting Office Testimony
Before the Human Resourcesand Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee, Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, House of Representatives For Releaseon Delivery Expectedat 930 a.m. Thklay. February 8.1996 MEDICARE Millions CanBe Savedby ScreeningClaims for OverusedServices
Statement of Sarah F. Jaggar, Director Health Financing and Public Healt... |
| Date Jan. 24, 1996 |
Report No. HEHS-96-18 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
January 1996 Report to the Ranking Minority Member, Committee on Commerce, House of Representatives FRAUD AND ABUSE Providers Target Medicare Patients in Nursing Facilities GAO/HEHS-96-18 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Health, Education, and Human Services Division B-255730 January 24, 1996 The Honorable John D. Dingel... |
| Date Jan. 18, 1996 |
Report No. T-HEHS-96-75 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office Testimony
Before the Human Resources IntergovernmentalRelations and Subcommittee, Committeeon GovernmentReform and Oversight,Houseof Representatives For Release Delivery on Expected IO:00am. at Thursday, January18,1996 MEDICAID SpendingPressuresSpur StatesToward Program Restructuring
Statement William J. Scanlon,Director of Health SystemsIssues Health, Educa... |
| Date Nov. 16, 1995 |
Report No. T-AIMD-96-12 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, November 16, 1995 Testimony
Before the Subcommittees on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations, and Government Management, Information and Technology Committee on Government Reform and Oversight House of Representatives MEDICARE TRANSACTION SYSTEM Strengthened Management and Sound Developm... |
| Date Oct. 18, 1995 |
Report No. T-HEHS-96-41 |
Title
i 554~0
United States General Accounting Offke Testimony
Before the Subcommitteeon Hospitals and Health Care, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, House of Representatives For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 18, 1995 VA Health Care Efforts to Increase Sharing With DOD and the Private Sector
Statementof David P. Baine, Director Health Care Delivery and Quality Issues Heal... |
| Date Oct. 2, 1995 |
Report No. T-HEHS-96-5 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office I Testimony
Before the Subcommittee Labor, Health and Human on Services,Education,andRelatedAgencies Committeeon Appropriations U.S. Senate For Releaseon Delivery Expected at 9:30 am. Monday. October 2.1995 MEDICARE Excessive Payments for Medic&l Supplies Continue Despite Improvements
Statementof JonathanRatner,AssociateDirector Health Financing Issues Healt... |
| Date Sept. 29, 1995 |
Report No. HEHS-95-201 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
September 1995 Report to the Ranking Minority Member, Committee on Labor and Human Resources, U. S. Senate HEALTH CARE Employers and Individual Consumers Want Additional Information on Quality GAO/HEHS-95-201 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Health, Education, and Human Services Division B-257441 September 29, 1995 The H... |
| Date Sept. 29, 1995 |
Report No. AIMD-95-234R |
Title
GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Accounting and Information Management Division B-261034 September 29, 1995 The Honorable Tom Harkin Ranking Minority Member Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Dear Senator Harkin: During a May 5, 1995, hearing before the Senate Appropria... |
| Date Sept. 19, 1995 |
Report No. HEHS-95-210 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
September 1995 Report to the Chairman, Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee, Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, House of Representatives MEDICARE SPENDING Modern Management Strategies Needed to Curb Billions in Unnecessary Payments GAO/HEHS-95-210 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Health... |
| Date May 5, 1995 |
Report No. T-AIMD-95-133 |
Title
United States General Accounting Offke Testimony
Before the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations, U.S. Senate
For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:30 a.m. Friday, May 5,199s MEDICAFW CLAIMS BILLING ABUSE Commercial Software Could SaveHundreds of Millions Annually
Statement of Frank W. Reilly Director, Information ResourcesMa... |
| Date March 28, 1995 |
Report No. T-HEHS-95-117 |
Title
United States General Accounting Offke P GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, 1995 Testimony
Before the Subcommittee on Military Personnel, Committee on National Security, House of Representatives DEFENSE HEALTH CARE DOD’ Managed Care s Program Continues to Face Challenges
Statement of David P. Baine, Director Federal Health Care Delivery Issues Health, Education,... |
| Date March 22, 1995 |
Report No. T-HEHS-95-110 |
Title
United States General Accounting Offke I
j GAO
For Releaseon Delivery Bxpectedat 1O:OO a.m., Wednesday March 22,1995 Testimony
Before the Subcommittee on Human Resources Intergovernmental Relations Committee on Government Reform and Oversight House of Representatives
and MEDICARE AND MEDICAID Opportunities to Save Program : Dollars by Reducing Fraud j and Abuse 1
Statement of Sarah F. Jaggar, Dire... |
| Date March 17, 1995 |
Report No. RCED-95-96R |
Title
w37y/ GAO United States General Accounting 0fEce Washington, D.C.20548 Resources, Community, and Division EconomicDevelopment B-260205 March 17, 1995 The Honorable Carolyn B. Maloney Ranking Minority Member Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology Committee on Government Reform and Oversight House of Representatives Dear Ms. Maloney: As requested, we are providing you wit... |
| Date Feb. 1, 1995 |
Report No. HR-95-8 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO High-Risk Series February 1995 Medicare Claims GAO/HR-95-8 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Comptroller General of the United States February 1995 The President of the Senate The Speaker of the House of Representatives In 1990, the General Accounting Office began a special effort to review and report on the federal progr... |
| Date Dec. 19, 1994 |
Report No. PEMD-95-10 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
December 1994 Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Regulation, Business Opportunities, and Technology, Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives MEDICARE PART B Regional Variation in Denial Rates for Medical Necessity GAO/PEMD-95-10 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Program Evaluation and Methodology Divisi... |
| Date Nov. 15, 1994 |
Report No. PEMD-95-9 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
November 1994 Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations, Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives BREAST CONSERVATION VERSUS MASTECTOMY Patient Survival in Day-to-Day Medical Practice and in Randomized Studies GAO/PEMD-95-9 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548... |
| Date Oct. 3, 1994 |
Report No. HEHS-95-1 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
October 1994 Report to Congressional Requesters HEALTH CARE Employers Urge Hospitals to Battle Costs Using Performance Data Systems GAO/HEHS-95-1 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Health, Education, and Human Services Division B-252283 October 3, 1994 The Honorable Michael A. Andrews House of Representatives The Honorable... |
| Date Sept. 29, 1994 |
Report No. HEHS-94-219 |
Title
--. -- ---~ -- ’ .’ GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 Health, Education, and Human Services Division B-255717 September 29,1994 The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy Chairman, Committee on Labor and Human Resources United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: In response to your request, we have conducted a study of health care performance measures and how they should be ... |
| Date Sept. 2, 1994 |
Report No. HEHS-94-119 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office Report to Congressional Committees September 1994 MEDICARE Chmges to HMO Rate Setting Method Are Needed to Reduce Program Costs GAO/HEHS-94-119 1 Notice: This is a reprint of a GAO report. Health, Education, and Human ServIcea Division B-251657 September 2,1994 The Honorable Samuel Gibbons Acting Chairman The Honorable William Archer Ranking Minority Member ... |
