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Date Sept. 23, 1981 Report No. 116446 Title

International Affairs: Medical Screening and Treatment of Indochinese Refugees

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D. C. FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 10:00 a.m. EDT RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING SEPTEMBER 23, 1981 116446 STATEMENT OF EDWARD A. DENSMORE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION, AND INTERNATIONAL REFUGEES, LAW HOUSE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY ON MEDICAL SCREENING AND TREATMENT OF INDOCHINESE REFUGE...
Date Sept. 21, 1981 Report No. B-200616.2 Title

Government Operations: Response to Inquiry Concerning Time Limits on Issuance of Solicitation

COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON D.C. 20548 B-200616.2 Do 1 2ke The Honorable Stanley N. Lundine- September 21, 1981 t bI House of Representatives Dear Mr. Lundine: This is in further reference to your inqu ry as to the time limits that the Veterans Administration has to issue a new solicitation in accordance with our decision in Blue Bird Coach Lines, Inc., B-200616, January 28...
Date Sept. 15, 1981 Report No. B-204289 Title

Government Operations: [Views on H.R. 3971]

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 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 July 17, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-125 Title

Health: Federal Drug Development Programs

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION B-202161 The Honorable Henry A. Waxman Subcommittee on Health Chairman, and the Environment Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. 115882 Chairman: -P----" "1) (HRD-81-125) Subject: Federal Drug Development Programs L J This is in response to your request that we develop information o...
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 12, 1981 Report No. 115772 Title

Information Management: [Applications of an Information System for Geriatric Planning]

4 tog 5APPLICATIONS OF AN INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR GERIATRIC PLANNINe George L. Maddox, Ph.D., Dan Blazer, M.D., and William F. Laurie, CPA The Duke University Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development through its basic research on program evaluation and service planning has developed a comprehensive planning and resource allocation strategy. This strategy, called the Duke Older American R...
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 May 29, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-96 Title

Health: Construction of Indian Health Service Hospital in Chinle, Arizona

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 OFFICE HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION B-203316 MAY 29,198l The Honorable Jamie L. Whitten Chairman, Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: of Indian Health Service r Construction Arizond(HRD-81-96) Hospital in Chinle, that we House Report No. 96-1147 dated July 2, 1980, required provide your Committee with ...
Date May 29, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-94 Title

Health: Improving Medicaid Cash Management Will Reduce Federal Interest Costs

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ““MAN RESOURCES DIVISION B-203181 MAY 29.1981 The Honorable The Secretary Dear Nr. Richard S. Schweiker of Health and Human Services 115360 Secretary: Improving Medicaid Cash Management Will Reduce Federal Interest Costs (HRD-81-94) Subject: 1/ we discussed our review of In our June 10, 1980, report, State systems for recovering Me...
Date May 8, 1981 Report No. B-202458 Title

Government Operations: [Comments on H.R. 850]

COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON D.C. 20548 B-202458 May 8, 1981 The Honorable John D. Dingell Chairman, Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Your letter of February---24-- 1981,'" requested our Lcomment)on HR 8507 The bill proposes to implement a "competitive" system of healtI care delivery and financing by repealing all Federal health sy...
Date May 8, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-92 Title

Health: Problems in the Structure and Management of the Migrant Health Program

8 . i P MJlf I I -w STUDY THESTAFF THEUS. BY OF General Accounting Office Problems In The Structure And Management Of The Migrant Health Program This study discusses the status of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Migrant Health program and the program’s relationship to other Federal efforts to provide health services to the medically underserved. It also discusses the Department’...
Date April 25, 1981 Report No. 115067 Title

[Urban and Rural Older People: Their Well-Being and Needs]

BAN AND RURAL OLDER PEOPLE: THEIR WELL-BEING AND NEE i '\ . ? P r e s e n t e d by: - W i l l i a m F , Laurie U.S. General Accounting O f f i c e Room 2933 1 2 4 0 E a s t Ninth S t r e e t Cleveland, Ohio 4 4 1 9 9 (216 - 52 2 - 4 8 92) O h i o Academy of S c i e n c e A p r i l 2 5 , 1981 Woos t e r Co 11 g e e W o o s t e r , Ohio i Presented a t : 1 n. URBAN AND RURAL OLDER PEOPLE: T H E I R ...
Date April 24, 1981 Report No. B-202672 Title

Government Operations: [Comments on S. 266, a Bill To Establish a Federal Medical Resources Sharing Committee]

COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE M . _ UNITED STATES WASHINGTON D.C. 2O.48 B-202672 April 24, 1981 The Honorable William V. Roth, Jr. Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: 5 Your March 19, 1981, letter requested our oments on S. 266, a bill to establish a Federal Medical Resources Sharing Committee3 to ensure the most efficient and effective use of Federal h...
Date March 24, 1981 Report No. 114801 Title

Health: Proposal To Phase Out Professional Standards Review Program

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, 1981 STATEMENT OF GREGORY J. AHART, DIRECTOR 114801 HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEES U.S. ON OVERSIGHT AND HEALTH HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON -L PROPOSAL TO PHASE OUT 'EEzTJr PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS REVIEW PROGRAM 3 Mr. Chairmen and Members of the Oversigh...
Date March 23, 1981 Report No. 114745 Title

Health: Proposal To Phase Out the Professional Standards Review Program

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:30 a.m. Monday, March 23, 1981 RIll 114745 STATEMENT OF GREGORY J. AHART, DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE COMMITTEE U.S. ON HEALTH ON FINANCE SENATE ON c PROPOSAL TO PHASE OUT THE STANDARDS REVIEW PROGRAM PROFESSIONAL Mr. Chairman to be here phase out program review today ...
Date Feb. 20, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-50 Title

Health: Analysis of Proposed New Standards for Nursing Homes Participating in Medicare and Medicaid

BY THE’CCYv’lPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Chairman Select Committee On Aging House Of Representatives For Nursing Homes Participating In Medicare And Medicaid In July 1980, the Department of Health and Human Services published proposed new regulations for nursing homes participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. These regulations would consolidate requirements now stated in separate...
Date Feb. 18, 1981 Report No. OGC-81-3 Title

Budget and Spending: President's Third Special Message for FY 1981

COMPTROLLER OENERAL WASHINOTON OF D.C. THE 2- UNITED STATES B-200685 February 18, 1981 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of RepreTentatives Cl'! ,'s third special message the Congress pursuant to 1 Act of 1974. The special message proposes 33 rescissions of budget authority totalling $1,142.4 million: 15 new deferrals totalling $1,429.9 million and revisions to three prev...
Date Feb. 6, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-25 Title

Health: The Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Program Helps Families but Needs Improvement

C’ ci b REPORTBY THE Comptroller General The Sti’dden Infant Death Syndrome Program Helps Families But Needs Improvement Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is the sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant which cannot be explained by a thorough medical examination. The Department of Health and Human Services’ Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Information and Counseling program is help...
Date Jan. 1, 1981 Report No. OISS-81-8 Title

A Bibliography of Documents Issued by the GAO on Matters Related to: Health

* -1 - i GAO United States General Accounting Office A Bibliography of Documents Issued bv the GAO on Matters Related to: llllllllllllllllllllll 1lI 11 11l l l1 Y 115740 Requests for copies o f this publication (OlSS-81-8)should be sent to: U.S. General Accounting Office Document Handling and In formation Services Facility P. 0. Box 6 0 1 5 Gaithersburg, Md. 20760 Telephone 12021 275-624 1 The fir...
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. 31, 1980 Report No. HRD-81-36 Title

Health: Programs To Control Prescription Drug Costs Under Medicaid and Medicare Could Be Strengthened

Comptroller General OF THE UNITED STATES Programs To Control Prescription Drug Costs Under Medicaid~ And Medicare Could Be Strengthened In August 1976 the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) put into effect two programs to control the costs of prescription drugs under Medicaid and Medicare. One program--Maximum Allowable Cost (or MAC)--was designed to take advantage of competition in t-h...
Date Dec. 30, 1980 Report No. HRD-81-7 Title

Income Security: Guyana Tragedy Points to a Need for Better Care and Protection of Guardianship Children

BY’THE CdMPTROLLER GENEWL OF THE UNITEDSTATES //um ’ Report To The Congress Guyana Tragedy Points To A Need For Better Care And Protection Of Guardianship Children About one-third of the 913 individuals who died in the 1978 Peoples Temple tragedy in Guyana were children, few of whom were wards of adult members of the Peoples Temple. The tragedy raised many questions about the adequacy of prote...
Date Dec. 30, 1980 Report No. HRD-81-18 Title

Health: Research Planning and Evaluation at the National Institutes of Health and Aspects of Advisory Council Operations

ces B-197656 DECEMBER 30,198O The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy Subcommittee on Health Chairman, and Scientific Research Commxttee on Labor and Human Resources United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Research Planning and Evaluation at the r-National Institutes of Health and Aspects of AdVlsOry Council Operations (~~~-81-18) -7 This IS the second of three reports we agreed to provide you regarding c...
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. 22, 1980 Report No. HRD-81-12 Title

Health: Reasonable Charge Reductions Under Part B of Medicare

GAO United States General Accounting Office Ufzhlngton. DC 20548 Human Resources Division B-200144 OCTOBER 22,198O The Honorable The Secretary Dear Mrs. Patricia Roberts Harris of Health and Human Services 113625 _. Harris: Charge A easonable %art B of Medicare Reductions Under (HRD-81-12) Subject: J Pursuant to a request from Senator Lawton Chiles, ChairSenate Special Committee on Aging, we exami...
Date Oct. 17, 1980 Report No. 117533 Title

Information Management: Use of Computerized Information for Local and National Health Care Planning Purposes

I * L ,ORGANISATION FOR COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT Technical Cooperation Service RESTRICTED /,s-'G 6 6 P a r i s , 17th October, 1980 English o n l y 1111111111111ll11lllOII111 I 1 I I 1 117533 I I f L COOPERATIVE ACTION PROGRAMME Joint Activity on Computer Utilisation in Public Administration AD HOC MEETING OF GOVERNMENT EXPERTS THE ROLE OF EDP IN THE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT O ' PUBLIC HEALTH CA...
Date Oct. 6, 1980 Report No. HRD-81-2 Title

Health: Federal Funding for State Medicaid Fraud Control Units Still Needed

4! ’ * ’ 7@w saw.. BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL C$ THEUNITEDSTATES /WW? Report ToThe Congress Fiederal Funding For State edicaid Fraud Control nits Still Needed fraud units, established after for such units was increased percent of their costs for fiscal years 78-80, have increased States’ ability to instigate and prosecute Medicaid fraud. Hownot become self-supporting fraud control units operat...
Date Sept. 30, 1980 Report No. HRD-80-124 Title

Health: Unexpended Fund Balance in the Indian Health Service Water and Sanitation Facility Construction Program

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RESOURCES CalVISION B-197343 I SEPTEMBER 30,198O The Honorable Sidney R. Yates Chairman, Subcommitgee on Interior Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Unexpended Fund Balance in the Indian Health rService Water and Sanitation Facility Construction Program (HRD-80-124) -3 report responds to your ...
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 July 21, 1980 Report No. B-197878 Title

Government Operations: Comments on H.R. 6194

* . 4 -2 COMPTRC'R~ 1 ,,' - G--Ni¢RA CF~.C. W4 U.N-IE STVtSi '.~~~4S*N.>. E-l978 July 21. I i 8 inre monorazie t-.enry A. Vwaxrnar Cnaii.rarn, 6uoconr..rittee or. Healti arnc the c,-nv1rcnrtent CcLittee on Irnterstate anc E-oreiqn o ir.omerce u.a. house ot Re.resentatives Lear Mr. Lhairman: This letter is in res;onse to your request for cur on h.h. 6143 which ,ou intrGduced with Con-ressman' Clau...
Date July 3, 1980 Report No. B-199444 Title

Science, Space, and Technology: Public Issues Pertaining to Science and Technology

Date July 2, 1980 Report No. HRD-80-94 Title

Health: Information on Hospital Inspections, Reporting Requirements, and Life Safety Code Enforcement

* RELEASED GAO RESTRICTED - blot fo be released onrtside ihe General Accounting Office exwpt OII the basis of specific: aPpro-v+l by w--r--. ,Office .. of Congressional #be Relations, Pm . . ,,,-- 0-A I United States General Accounting Ofke Washington, DC 20548 B-199186 Human Resources Division JULY 2,198o The Honorable Herman E. Talmadge, The Honorable Robert J. Dole The Honorable Sam Nunn ~.W/lo...
Date June 30, 1980 Report No. 112674 Title

Health: Efforts To Reduce Infant Mortality and Improve Pregnancy Outcome

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 1O:OO A.M. EDT June 30, 1980 STATEMENT OF GREGORY J. AHART, DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON CHILD AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES U. S. SENATE ,,M” ON EFFORTS TQ REDUCE INFANT MORTALITY I,. 1 ,,, AND IMPROVE PREGNANCY OUTCOME \ ,’ ,, i ,,,...
Date June 30, 1980 Report No. 112715 Title

Health: Hospitals' Use of Contract Management Services

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 12, 1980 Report No. HRD-80-93 Title

Health: Questions About the Cost-Benefit Analyses of the Professional Standards Review Organization Program

Division B-199164 JUNE 12,198O ’ i/The Honorable George M. O'Brien House of Representatives Dear Mr. O'Brien: uestions About ssional the Cost-Benefit Analyses of Standards Review Organization Subject: Your to the Review .sid tHuman i these of the enclosed. :A May 20, 1980, letter, asked four questions related cost -benefit analyses of the Professional Standards (y 4 d'Cc Organization (PSRO) prog...
Date June 10, 1980 Report No. HRD-80-77 Title

Health: States Should Intensify Efforts To Promptly Identify and Recover Medicaid Overpayments and Return the Federal Share

BY THE US GENERALACCOUNTING OFFIC~E Report To The Secretary Of Health And Human Services States Should Intensify Efforts To Promptly Identify And Recover Medicaid Overpayments And Return The Federal Share The Health Care Financing Administration had not established consistent policies and guidelines for States to use in identifying and recovering Medicaid overpayments. Also, States had not develop...
Date May 15, 1980 Report No. ID-80-30 Title

International Affairs: Implementing the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977--Good Planning but Many Issues Remain

- . w _ BY THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES \ m&F- , Report To The Congress Implementing The Panama Canal Treaty Of 1977~-Good Planning But Many Issues Remain So far, progress has been good in implementing provisions of the Panama Canal Treaty, as illustrated by the smooth transfer to Panama of various port and railroad activities, certain health and sanitation services, and other functio...
Date May 6, 1980 Report No. PAD-80-17 Title

Health: Health Maintenance Organizations Can Help Control Health Care Costs

BY THECOMPTROLLERGEmRAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES Jr2291 ’ Report To The Congress Health Maintenance Organizations Can Help Control Health Care Costs GAO’s analysis of the economic performance of federally qualified group practice and staff model health maintenance organizations (HMOs) indicated that: --They were taking into consideration the relative costs of providing services when deciding whether...
Date Feb. 25, 1980 Report No. B-197171 Title

Government Operations: Comments on H.R. 2626

COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINAGTON. D.C. 20548 The i~. wiiirlFebruary 25, 1980 i a B-197171 i ~The Honorable Harrison A. Williams, Jr. Chairman, Committee on Labor and Human Resources United States SenateK- -I Dear Mr. Chairman: Your letter of December 3, 1979, requested our [comments on H.R. 2626) a bill to establish a National Commission on Hospital Cos±s, to encourage volunta...
Date Feb. 12, 1980 Report No. PAD-80-16 Title

Budget and Spending: Shall Full Funding Be Applied to the Rental Assistance and Family Planning Programs?

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Chairman, Budget Process Task Force, House Committee On The Budget OF .It-k UN l*l-EDSTATES $hould Full Funding Be Applied To The Rental Assistance And Family Planning Programs? GAO analyzed the feasibility of applying full funding to the Rental Assistance program (U.S. Department of Agriculture) and to the Family Planning program (Department of Health, Edu...
Date Jan. 21, 1980 Report No. HRD-80-24 Title

Health: Better Management and More Resources Needed To Strengthen Federal Efforts To Improve Pregnancy Outcome

. , .I . : . . ,* BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL - Report To The Congd OF THE UNITED STATES 3’ Better Management And More Resources Needed To Strengthen Federal Efforts To Improve Pregnancy Outcome Federal programs have helped increase access to health care for many and have contributed much to the Nation’s progress in preventing infant mortality. However, many persons, particularly those of low i...
Date Jan. 21, 1980 Report No. PAD-80-42 Title

Health: Comments on a Study on the Effects of a Restrictive Drug Formulary

UNITEDSTATES GENER/IL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, DE. 20548 :N REPLY REFER TO, . PROGFIAM A~~ALYSIS OlVtSlON Lb t’ L ;: / 1 9 ,‘_ : 1. ‘I “7 B-197492 The Honorable Mickey Leland U.S. House of Representatives Dear Congressman Leland: llllllllll III 113387 0 L, C,,3” - Office On December 11, 1979, the U.S. General Accounting testified before the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Subc...
Date Nov. 13, 1979 Report No. HRD-80-6 Title

Health: Health Costs Can Be Reduced by Millions of Dollars if Federal Agencies Fully Carry Out GAO Recommendations

-6iw++ j BY THECOMPTROLLERGiNERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES I mw ; Report To The Congress Health Costs Can Be Reduced By Millions Of Dollars If Federal Agencies Fully Carry Out GAO Recommendations Because of the increasing costs of Government health programs--a subject of nationwide concern--GAO reviewed how agencies have implemented its recommendations to help control the costs of health programs. GAO f...
Date Oct. 15, 1979 Report No. HRD-80-1 Title

Health: Potential Effects of a Proposed Amendment to Medicaid's Nursing Home Reimbursement Requirements

COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WAI"INGTON. D.C. OT 1[ 031 B-164031(3) RELEASED OCTOBER15,1979 S~t~R~iFRTtD __ Bot to be released outside t... Accounting Office except on the bmsis of specific i ,, by the Office of Congressional Relations, The Honorable Claude Pepper ., va; Chairman, Select Committee on Aging House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: i A Oq0 Potential Effects o...
Date Sept. 22, 1979 Report No. 094336 Title

Special Publications: Accountability in Government--The Role GAO Plays

, . I . ACCOUNTABILITY I N GOVERNMENTETHE ROLE GAO PLAYS PRESENTED BY JOHN D, HELLER GENERAL BEFORE THE CONFERENCE ON CONTROL FOR SERVICE INDUSTRY AND SMALL BUSINESSJ SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF QUALITY CONTROL AT WILLIAMSBURGJ VIRGINIA r IT SEEMS THAT A CONTINUING THEME IN POLITICAL SPEECHES AND NEWSPAPER COLUMNS THESE DAYS IS "THE UNACCOUNTABLE BUREAUCRAT".-- THE P E R S O ~ WHO PRO...
Date Sept. 6, 1979 Report No. HRD-79-111 Title

Health: Comparison of Physician Charges and Allowances Under Private Health Insurance Plans and Medicare

-* l z i REPORTBY THE OF THE UNITEDSTATES .! Comptroller General RELEASED , GAO compared samples of physician charges and allowances at six Medicare carriers and found that physicians usually charge Medicare patients the same as other patients, but that Medicare usually allows less for physician’s services than do private health insurance plans. HEW headquarters officials said they do not know t...
Date Aug. 16, 1979 Report No. HRD-79-107 Title

Military Medicine Is in Trouble: Complete Reassessment Needed

BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL ’ OF THEUNITEDSTATES rllQi& llnillilllllllllllllillllllllllll LM110156 Report ToThe Congress i Military Medicine Is In Trouble: Complete Reassessment Needed Largely because of an insufficient number of physicians, the ability of the military’s direct medical care system to deliver care in peacetime is seriously impaired. Some medical services have been substantially cu...
Date June 27, 1979 Report No. 109829 Title

Health: The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's Professional Standards Review Organization Program

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Washington, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 5:OO a.m. June 27, 1979 STATEMENT OF THOMAS F. MCCORMICK, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT COMPI!ITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES x ON r, kj I L, I;-'\J L I THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND !I,13 /a -WELFARE'S PROFE...