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Date March 23, 2011 Report No. GAO-11-365 Title

End-Stage Renal Disease: CMS Should Assess Adequacy of Payment When Certain Oral Drugs Are Included and Ensure Availability of Quality Monitoring Data

United States Government Accountability Office GAO March 2011 Report to Congressional Committees END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE CMS Should Assess Adequacy of Payment When Certain Oral Drugs Are Included and Ensure Availability of Quality Monitoring Data GAO-11-365 March 2011 END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE Accountability • Integrity • Reliability CMS Should Assess Adequacy of Payment When Certain Oral Drugs ...
Date Sept. 23, 2010 Report No. GAO-10-1038T Title

VA Health Care: Preliminary Observations on the Purchasing and Tracking of Supplies and Medical Equipment and the Potential Impact on Veterans' Safety

United States Government Accountability Office GAO For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 a.m. EDT Thursday, September 23, 2010 Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, House of Representatives VA HEALTH CARE Preliminary Observations on the Purchasing and Tracking of Supplies and Medical Equipment and the Potential Impact on Veterans’ Safety Statement of ...
Date March 31, 2010 Report No. GAO-10-295 Title

End-Stage Renal Disease: CMS Should Monitor Access to and Quality of Dialysis Care Promptly after Implementation of New Bundled Payment System

United States Government Accountability Office GAO March 2010 Report to Congressional Requesters END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE CMS Should Monitor Access to and Quality of Dialysis Care Promptly after Implementation of New Bundled Payment System GAO-10-295 March 2010 END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE Highlights Highlights of GAO-10-295, a report to congressional requesters Accountability Integrity Reliability CMS ...
Date May 22, 2009 Report No. GAO-09-537 Title

End-Stage Renal Disease: CMS Should Monitor Effect of Bundled Payment on Home Dialysis Utilization Rates

United States Government Accountability Office GAO May 2009 Report to Congressional Committees END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE CMS Should Monitor Effect of Bundled Payment on Home Dialysis Utilization Rates GAO-09-537 May 2009 END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE Highlights Highlights of GAO-09-537, a report to congressional committees Accountability Integrity Reliability CMS Should Monitor Effect of Bundled Payment o...
Date June 26, 2007 Report No. GAO-07-1050T Title

End-Stage Renal Disease: Medicare Should Pay a Bundled Rate for All ESRD Items and Services

United States Government Accountability Office GAO For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 a.m. EDT Tuesday, June 26, 2007 Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE Medicare Should Pay a Bundled Rate for All ESRD Items and Services Statement for the Record of A. Bruce Steinwald Director, Health Care GAO-07-1050T Mr....
Date Dec. 6, 2006 Report No. GAO-07-266T Title

End-Stage Renal Disease: Medicare Payments for All ESRD Services, Including Injectable Drugs, Should Be Bundled

United States Government Accountability Office GAO For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:30 a.m. EST Wednesday, December 6, 2006 Testimony Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE Medicare Payments for All ESRD Services, Including Injectable Drugs, Should Be Bundled Statement of David M. Walker Comptroller General of the United States GAO-07-266T Mr...
Date Nov. 13, 2006 Report No. GAO-07-77 Title

End-Stage Renal Disease: Bundling Medicare's Payment for Drugs with Payment for All ESRD Services Would Promote Efficiency and Clinical Flexibility

United States Government Accountability Office GAO November 2006 Report to the Chairman, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE Bundling Medicare’s Payment for Drugs with Payment for All ESRD Services Would Promote Efficiency and Clinical Flexibility GAO-07-77 November 2006 END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE Highlights Highlights of GAO-07-77, a report to the Chairman...
Date June 25, 2004 Report No. GAO-04-450 Title

Medicare Dialysis Facilities: Beneficiary Access Stable and Problems in Payment System Being Addressed

United States General Accounting Office GAO June 2004 Report to Congressional Committees MEDICARE DIALYSIS FACILITIES Beneficiary Access Stable and Problems in Payment System Being Addressed GAO-04-450 a June 2004 MEDICARE DIALYSIS FACILITIES Beneficiary Access Stable and Problems in Payment System Being Addressed Highlights of GAO-04-450, a report to congressional committees Medicare covers about...
Date Oct. 8, 2003 Report No. GAO-04-63 Title

Dialysis Facilities: Problems Remain in Ensuring Compliance with Medicare Quality Standards

United States General Accounting Office GAO October 2003 Report to the Chairman, Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate DIALYSIS FACILITIES Problems Remain in Ensuring Compliance with Medicare Quality Standards GAO-04-63 October 2003 DIALYSIS FACILITIES Problems Remain in Ensuring Compliance with Medicare Quality Standards Highlights of GAO-04-63, a report to the Chairman, Committee on Finance, U.S. Se...
Date June 26, 2000 Report No. T-HEHS-00-136 Title

Medicare Quality of Care: Oversight of Kidney Dialysis Facilities Needs Improvement

United States General Accounting Office GAO For Release on Delivery Expected at 1:30 p.m. Monday, June 26, 2000 Testimony Before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate MEDICARE QUALITY OF CARE Oversight of Kidney Dialysis Facilities Needs Improvement Statement of William J. Scanlon, Director Health Financing and Public Health Issues Health, Education, and Human Services Division GAO/...
Date June 23, 2000 Report No. HEHS-00-114 Title

Medicare Quality of Care: Oversight of Kidney Dialysis Facilities Needs Improvement

United States General Accounting Office GAO June 2000 Report to the Special Committee on Aging, U.S. Senate MEDICARE QUALITY OF CARE Oversight of Kidney Dialysis Facilities Needs Improvement GAO/HEHS-00-114 Contents Letter Appendixes Appendix I: Scope and Methodology 3 28 30 31 32 Appendix II: Comparison of New ESRD Patients by Age and Primary Diagnosis, 1989, 1993, and 1997 Appendix III: Medicare...
Date Sept. 26, 1997 Report No. HEHS-97-202 Title

Medicare Dialysis Patients: Widely Varying Lab Test Rates Suggest Need for Greater HCFA Scrutiny

United States General Accounting Office GAO September 1997 Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives MEDICARE DIALYSIS PATIENTS Widely Varying Lab Test Rates Suggest Need for Greater HCFA Scrutiny GAO/HEHS-97-202 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Health, Education, and Human Services Division B-271865 Sept...
Date July 11, 1997 Report No. HEHS-97-137R Title

Medicare: Data Limitations Impede Measuring Quality of Care in Medicare ESRD Program

3A0 United Statea General Accoanting Off‘ice Wafhhgto~ D.C. 20648 Health, Ednadon and Human Services Division B-277466 July 11, 1997 The Honorable Pete Stark Ranking Minority Member Subcommittee on Health Committee on Ways and Means House of Representatives Dear Mr. Stark: Subject: Medicare: Data Limitations tiDede Measuring QuaIiw of Care in Medicare ESRD Program Severalresearch studies indicat...
Date Nov. 22, 1995 Report No. HEHS-96-33 Title

Medicare: Enrollment Growth and Payment Practices for Kidney Dialysis Services

United States General Accounting Office GAO November 1995 Report to Congressional Requesters MEDICARE Enrollment Growth and Payment Practices for Kidney Dialysis Services GAO/HEHS-96-33 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Health, Education, and Human Services Division B-256781 November 22, 1995 The Honorable William V. Roth Jr. Chairman, Committee on Finance United S...
Date April 25, 1994 Report No. HEHS-94-65 Title

Medicare: Impact of OBRA-90's Dialysis Provisions on Providers and Beneficiaries

United States General Accounting OfRce Report to Congressional CoNtiees Impact of CIBRA-90’ s Dialysis Provisions on Providers and Beneficiaries GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Health, Human Education, and Services Division B-252171 April 25, 1994 The Honorable Daniel Patrick Moynihan Chairman The Honorable Bob Packwood Ranking Minority Member Committee on Fina...
Date May 18, 1993 Report No. HRD-93-70 Title

Medicare: Renal Facility Cost Reports Probably Overstate Costs of Patient Care

IJnitd St.af,m General Accounting Office Report to Congressional Committees MEDICARE Renal Facility Cost Reports Probably Overstate Costs of Patient Care GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Hman Resources Division B-262206 May 18,1993 The Honorable Daniel Patrick Moynihan Chainman, Committee on Finance united states senate The Honorable Fortney H. (Pete) Stark Chairm...
Date Aug. 31, 1990 Report No. HRD-90-153 Title

Medicare: Options to Provide Home Dialysis Aides

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Date Oct. 24, 1989 Report No. HRD-90-37 Title

Medicare: Payments for Home Dialysis Much Higher Under Reasonable Charge Method

--- - --...-_-” ..--...-a -.....- lJ r~itt~d St.a t tw Gt?nt~ral Acwunt,ing ---.-...-~ Office GAO kport. to Congressional Ihpaest~rs MEDICARE Payments for Home Dialysis Much Higher Under Reasonable Charge Method GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 Human Resources Division B-230626 October 24,1989 The Honorable Lloyd Bentsen Chairman, Committee on Finance United Sta...
Date Feb. 1, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-14 Title

Health: Changes Needed in Medicare Payments to Physicians Under the End Stage Renal Disease Program

EWTHE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Secretary Of Health And Human Services Changes Needed Vb Medicare Payments To Physicians Under The End Stage Renal Disease Program Since July 1973, the Medicare program has covered the cost of treating individuals with end stage renal disease. Total program costs have increased from about $229 million in 1974 to more than $1.8 billion in 1983. Rena...
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 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 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 Oct. 22, 1979 Report No. HRD-80-10 Title

Health: Duplicate Payments for Medical Services by VA and Medicare Programs

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 205 HUMAN RSI.MRC OIVISION OCTOBER 22.1979 B-133044 The Honorable Max Cleland Administrator of Veterans Affairs The Honorable Patricia Roberts Harris The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Subject: Duplicate Payments for Medical Services by VA and Medicare Programs (HRD-80-10) We have performed a limited review to determine the numb...
Date April 3, 1979 Report No. 120174 Title

Health: Implementation of Reimbursement Procedures for Outpatient Dialysis Treatments Under the End Stage Renal Disease Program of Medicare

- ~EDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE DC. 20.548 \ WASHINGTON, HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION April 3, 1979 Mr. Leonard Schaeffer, Health Care Financing Department of Health, Welfare Dear Mr. Schaeffer: Administrator Administration Education, Ne have recently completed a survey of the implementation of reimbursement procedures for outpatient dialysis treatments under the end stage renal disease program/...
Date Nov. 3, 1977 Report No. HRD-78-17 Title

Treatment of Chronic Kidney Failure: Dialysis, Transplant Costs, and the Need for More Vigorous Efforts

DOCUMENT RESU 04046 - [B3194418] Treatment of Chronic Kidney Failure: Dialysis, Transplant Costs, and the Need for More Vigorous Effor 4 s. BRD-78-17; B-164031(2). November 3, 1977. 6 pp. Report to Sen. Robert Dole; by Gregory J. Ahart, Director, Human Resources Div. Issue Area: Health Programs (1200j; Health Programs: Reimbursement Policies and Utilization Controls 1208). Contact: Human Resources...
Date June 24, 1975 Report No. MWD-75-53 Title

Treatment of Chronic Kidney Failure: Dialysis, Transplant, Costs, and the Need for More Vigorous Efforts

T TO CO ss lub mEM a= LM096995 llIllllll lllll Ill llllllllllilllllllll Ill1 Ill1 Treatment Of Chronic Kidney Failure: Dialysis, Transplant, Costs, And The Need For More Vigorous Efforts Department of Health, Education, and Welfare BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES &!I-iE241975 COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C. THE UNITEB STATES 20548 3-164031(2) / 'L ! To the President of the ...