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Date March 16, 1984 Report No. HRD-84-3 Title

Health: Assuring Reasonableness of Rising Indirect Costs on NIH Research Grants--A Difficult Problem

i REPORT THE BY Comptroller General OF THE UNITED STATES Assuring Reasonableness Of Rising Indirect Costs O’n NIH Research Grants--A Difficult Problem National institutes of Health reimbursements to its grantees for indirect costs increased from $166 million in 1972 to $690 million in 1982. Moreover, indirect costs consumed an increasing proportion of the federal research dollar--rising from abo...
Date Feb. 24, 1984 Report No. 123484 Title

Health: Federal Regulation of Medical Devices

UNITED STATES ~hE#AL ACCdUNTING OFFICE 20548 ' I WASHIN'GTON,D.C. FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected February at 10:00 AM EST 24, 1984 STATEMENTOF FRANKLIN A. CURTIS . ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR HUMANRESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY'AND COMMERCE SUBCOMMITTEE HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT ON ON THE .I. ~FEDERAL REGULATION 4 MEDICAL DEVICES ( I b III 1111111 123484 ~0 I , ” M r..Chairman...
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 Feb. 13, 1984 Report No. HRD-84-32 Title

Health: Timely Establishment of Medical Care Recovery Rates Could Increase Recoveries

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINCTL)N, D.C. 20548 FEBRUARY 13, 1984 B-211058 The Honorable David A. Stockman Office of Management Director, and Budget Dear Mr. Stockman: Subject: Timely Establishment Rates Could Increase of Medical Recoveries Care Recovery (GAO/HRD-84-32) This report summarizes the results of our review of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB's) role in the est...
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 Dec. 8, 1983 Report No. HRD-84-14 Title

Income Security: VA Can Reduce Disability Payments by Ensuring That Veterans Receive Scheduled Reexaminations

UNITED STATESGENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 Wl.lMAN mcsouaca DIVISION DECEMBER 1983 8, B-213039 The Honorable Administrator Harry N. Walters of Veterans Affairs 1111 II11 Ill 123007 Dear Mr. Walters: Subject: VA Can Reduce Disability Payments By Ensuring That Veterans Receive Scheduled Reexaminations (GAO/HRD-84-14) We have reviewed the Veterans Administration's (VA's) controls f...
Date Dec. 1, 1983 Report No. 123017 Title

Health: Legislation To Amend the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 10:00 A.M. Thursday, December 1, 1983 STATEMENT OF MICHAEL ZIMMERMAN ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON CIVIL SERVICE, POST OFFICE AND GENERAL SERVICES OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTALAFFAIRS ON Hlullll Ill Ill 123017 LEGISLATION TO AMEND THE FEDERAL EMPLOY...
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. 27, 1983 Report No. HRD-83-83 Title

Health: Opportunities To Reduce Fee-Basis Pharmacy Costs

. . UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTIN&FFICE c WASHINGTON, D C. 20548 HUMAN RESOURW DlVlSION SeotemDer 27, 1983 B-207930 The Honorable Administrator Harry N. Walters of Veterans Affairs Dear Xr. Walters: Sublect: Opportunltles to Xeduce Fee-Basis Pharmacy Costs (GAO/HRD-83-83) We have completed a review of the Veterans Adminxtratlon's (VA's1 efforts to reduce the number and cost of prescriptions fille...
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 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-83-60 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 May 13, 1983 Report No. HRD-83-46 Title

Income Security: Labor Inaccurately Paid Black Lung Benefits--Some Corrective Actions Taken but More Are Needed

Report To The Chairman, Senate Committee Labor And Human Resources Labor Inaccurately Paid Black Lung Benefits--Some Corrective Actions Taken But More Are Needed From a sample of 286 claims, GAO found that the Department of Labor--which began administering a black lung program in 1973--had overpaid or underpaid an estimated 22,800(26 percent) of the 88,000 beneficiaries who were receiving program ...
Date April 6, 1983 Report No. HRD-83-37 Title

Health: Centers for Disease Control Should Discontinue Certain Diagnostic Tests and Charge for Others

-- . _. REPORT THEU.S. BY General’ Accounting Office CentersFor Disease Control Should Discontinue Ce,rtain Diagnostic Tests And ChargellN~~l~,~~~For Others The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) performed reference diagnostic tests on 103,000 specimens in fiscal year 1981 for public health agencies, private healthcare providers, clinical laboratories, and Federal agencies at a cost of about $6.1...
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 March 2, 1983 Report No. HRD-83-42 Title

Income Security: Circumstances Under Which Nonprofit Hospitals Are Reviewing and Deciding To Terminate Social Security Coverage

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 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 Dec. 7, 1982 Report No. IPE-83-1 Title

Health: The Elderly Should Benefit From Expanded Home Health Care but Increasing These Services Will Not Insure Cost Reductions

BY THE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Chairman Of The Committee On Labor And Human Resources United States Senate The Elderly Should Benefit From Expanded Home Health Care ;.’ Increasing These Services Will put Not Insure Cost Reductions Because families and individuals prefer to have a choice among long-term care options, a larger demand for home health care is likely throughout th...
Date Sept. 24, 1982 Report No. HRD-82-92 Title

Health: A Primer on Competitive Strategies for Containing Health Care Costs

PREFACE --In an April 6, 1982, request from the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight, House Committee on Ways and Means, we were asked to provide an analysis of the procompetition strategies for health care cost containment focusing on a description of their major features, their underlying assumptions, and the bases upon which their impact on health care costs have been estimated. This study desc...
Date Sept. 2, 1982 Report No. HRD-82-124 Title

Health: Responses to Questions About Performance Evaluation Criteria for Professional Standards Review Organizations

UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 OFFICE HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION RELEASED September 2, 1982 B-208850 The Honorable David Durenberger Subcommittee on Health Chairman, Committee on Finance United States Senate The Honorable Max Baucus Ranking Minority Member Subcommittee on Health Committee on Finance United States Senate Subject: 119418 Responses to Questions About Performanc...
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 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 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. 4, 1982 Report No. HRD-82-36 Title

Health: Physician Cost-Containment Training Can Reduce Medical Costs

PI’ THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFI (‘r 76 I4 Report ToThe Secretary Of Health And Human Services Physician Cost-Containment Training Can Reduce Medical Costs Physicians play a major role in determining the Nation’s health care costs, and studies have shown that increased emphasis on training them in cost-containment techniques can produce lower costs. GAO’s review showed that, although prog...
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. 29, 1981 Report No. HRD-82-31 Title

Health: How Health Maintenance Organizations Control Costs

UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20948 B-205827 The Honorable Richard S. Schweiker The Secretary of Health and Human Services Dear Mr. Secretary% Subjectt,' ' How Health Maintenance Organizations Control Costs{:(HRD-82-31) In evaluating how health maintenance organizations I(HMOs) have attempted to reduce health care costs, we have obtakned information from 12 HMOs which we believe would be useful t...
Date Dec. 16, 1981 Report No. AFMD-82-2 Title

Financial Management: Government Loses Revenue Because of Low Medical Care Charges to Liable Third Parties

*I BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL &I/ w . . %o Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Government LosesRevenue BecauseOf LowMedical Care Charges ToLiable ThirdPurties The Government provides free medical care to eligible beneficiaries, such as service members and veterans. When a beneficiary requires treatment becausa of injuries caused by the negligence of another, the Government is authorized by law ...
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 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 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 July 13, 1981 Report No. GGD-81-78 Title

Agriculture and Food: District Needs To Improve the Process for Identifying Misuse of Its Medicaid Program

REPORTBY THE Usa General Accounting Office District Needs To Improve The Process For Identifying Misuse Of Its Medicaid Program The District of Columbia’s Department of Human Services has not established and implemented effective methods and procedures to identify and safeguard against recipient abuse and misuse of medical services. As a result, the extent of the misuse cannot be determined. The...
Date July 2, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-77 Title

Health: Cost of VA Medical Care to Ineligible Persons Is High and Difficult To Recover

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 19, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-68 Title

Health: Family Planning Clinics Can Provide Services at Less Cost but Clearer Federal Policies Are Needed

REPORT BY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITED STATES Family Planning Clinics Can Provide Services At Less Cost But Clearer Federal Policies Are Needed In fiscal year 1980, the Department of Health and Human Services spent about $375 million for family planning services through several programs. The Department could reduce the costs of such programs and make services less costly and more attracti...
Date June 10, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-62 Title

Health: Cost Cutting Measures Possible if Public Health Service Hospital System Is Continued

. . 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 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...
Date March 31, 1981 Report No. 114790 Title

Health: Family Planning Activities Under Title X of the Public Health Service Act

, UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 . c FOR RELEASE-sOPl DELIVERY , Expected at 9:30 a.m., ES*. 1 I MarcH' 31, 1981 3 STATEMENTOF GREGORYJ. AHART, DIRECTOR, HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE COMMITTEE OM LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES UNITED STATES SENATE TIT c ON FAMILY PLANNING ACTIVITIES UNDER E X OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT -.J 7 Mr. Chairman to be here completed...
Date Feb. 2, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-38 Title

Health: Performance of CHAMPUS Fiscal Intermediaries Needs Improvements

/ / JppSfp~p&2S() BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report TOThe Ccingress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Performance Of CHAMPUS Fiscal Intermediaries Needs Improvements Several years ago the Department of Defense converted its contracts with fiscal intermediaries under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services from a cost-reimbursable to a fixed-price basis, in which a set fee is paid for each...
Date Dec. 31, 1980 Report No. HRD-81-31 Title

Public Representation on Boards and Blue Shield Allowances: Important Relationship Not Found

Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES RELEAS Public Representation On Boards And Blue Shield Allowances: Important Relationship Not Found G s here an artainable differance in costcontainment efkts between Blue Shield plans with boards of dfqctors apparently controlled by public reprkentativw versus those wi majority of health care provider members 3 A though influance or control is difficult to ...
Date Dec. 29, 1980 Report No. HRD-81-26 Title

Health: Department of Health and Human Services Should Improve Monitoring of Professional Standards Review Organizations

Report T The Subcommittee o On Oversight, House Committee On WaysAnd Means EASED O THE UNITED STATES F Department O Health And f Human ServicesShouId Improve MonitoringOf Professional Standards Review Organizations Professional Standards Review Organizations (PSROs) are designed to assure that health care services provided under Medicare and Medicaid are delivered as effectively, effi ciently, and...
Date Dec. 17, 1980 Report No. HRD-81-24 Title

Health: Legislation on Sizing Military Medical Facilities Needed To Correct Improper Practices, Save Money, and Resolve Policy Conflicts

. I’ !/Yooq JZFW BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Legislation On Sizing Military Medical Facilities Needed To Correct Improper Practices, Save Money, And Resolve Policy Conflicts The Department of Defense should have the flexibility to plan the size of new military hospitals and clinics based on considerations of (1) cost effectiveness, (2) staff availability, (3...
Date Oct. 6, 1980 Report No. HRD-81-13 Title

Health: Sharing of Federal Medical Resources in North Chicago/Great Lakes, Illinois, Area

(bA0 Washington, DC 20548 United States General Accounting Off ice Human Resources Division B-200476 October 6 , 1980 The Honorable Charles H. Percy Ranking Minority Member Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Senator Percy: Subject: hharing of Federal Medical Resources in North Chicago/Great Lakes , Illinois Areg(HRD-81-13) Pureuant to your August 15, 1980, request, we perf...
Date Sept. 19, 1980 Report No. HRD-80-72 Title

Health: Rising Hospital Costs Can Be Restrained by Regulating Payments and Improving Management

BY THECOMPTROLLER GEiEl-iAL Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITED STATES Rising Hospital Costs Can Be Restrained By Regulating Payments And Improving Management Cost-based retrospective payment for hospital services is inherently inflationary. Yet, because retrospective payment is the prevalent reimbursement method used by third-party payers, both government and private, most hospital payments today ...
Date July 30, 1980 Report No. 112908 Title

Health: Comments on S. 2958, Bill To Encourage Federal Agencies To Share Medical Resources on an Interagency Basis

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTEDAT 9:00 A.M. JULY 30, 1980 GREGORYJi STATEMENTOF AHART,- DIRECTOR, HUMAN RESOURCESDIVISION BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS A ILit TO ENCOURAGEFEikRAL AGENCIES t TO SHARE MEDICAL RESOURCES ON AN INTERAGENCY BASIS 7 Hllllllll II 112908 Mr. Chairman to be here agencies today and members ...
Date June 17, 1980 Report No. 112607 Title

Health: Office of Personnel Management's Comprehensive Medical Plans Network Experiment

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 20548 . *Washington, D.C. FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 17, 1980 STATEMENT OF MICBAEL ZIMMERMAN, ASSCCIATE DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION EEFORE THE SUBCOM?lITTXE CN COMPENSATIOZ XXI E:I!PLOYEE EEXEFITS AND CIVIL SERVICE HOUSE CO>lMITTEE ON POST CFFICE ON THE ,"H-OFFICE c OF PERSOCJNEL MANAGEMENT'S -I PLANS NET>JORK EXPERIMEN...
Date May 8, 1980 Report No. HRD-80-85 Title

Health: Evaluation of the Health Care Financing Administration's Proposed Home Health Care Cost Limits

@PLO Xelat ions. Human Division United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Resources B-198735 p3 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Subject: Bob Packwood Senate Nay 8, 1980 Packwood: of the Health Care Financinq r-Evaluation Administration's Proposed Home Health Care Cost Limits (HRD-80-85) J This letter is a partial response to your concerns that the Health Care Financing ...
Date May 8, 1980 Report No. HRD-80-84 Title

Health: Evaluation of the Health Care Financing Administration's Proposed Home Health Care Reimbursement Limits

~~~~~~~~~~~ Ila233 ,_ GAO Ilst to 'be released Outside GAOwithout wwoval by the Office of Congressiona,l Relations. Human u 22.93 United States General Accounting Dfilce Washingkm, DC20548 c ResoJrCeS RELEASED May Division B-198735 8, 1980 The Honorable Sam N. Gibbons Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight Committee on Ways and Means House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: j-/S& "djOd Galuation o...