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| Date July 22, 2010 |
Report No. GAO-10-847T |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, July 22, 2010 Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER GENETIC TESTS Misleading Test Results Are Further Complicated by Deceptive Marketing and Other Questionable Practices
Statement of... |
| Date March 22, 2010 |
Report No. GAO-10-302 |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
March 2010 Report to Congressional Requesters ENERGY EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION Additional Independent Oversight and Transparency Would Improve Program’s Credibility GAO-10-302 March 2010 ENERGY EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION Highlights
Highlights of GAO-10-302, a report to congressional requesters Accountability Integrity Reliability Additional Independent... |
| Date Sept. 23, 2009 |
Report No. GAO-09-866 |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
September 2009 Report to the Ranking Member, Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate NEW DRUG APPROVAL FDA Needs to Enhance Its Oversight of Drugs Approved on the Basis of Surrogate Endpoints GAO-09-866 September 2009 NEW DRUG APPROVAL Highlights
Highlights of GAO-09-866, a report to the Ranking Member, Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate Accountability I... |
| Date July 16, 2009 |
Report No. GAO-09-899T |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 a.m. EDT Thursday, July 16, 2009 Testimony Before the Subcommittees on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs and Health, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, House of Representatives VA HEALTH CARE Preliminary Findings on VA’s Provision of Health Care Services to Women Veterans
Statement of Randall B. ... |
| Date July 14, 2009 |
Report No. GAO-09-884T |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:30 a.m. EDT Tuesday, July 14, 2009 Testimony Before the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, U.S. Senate VA HEALTH CARE Preliminary Findings on VA’s Provision of Health Care Services to Women Veterans
Statement of Randall B. Williamson Director, Health Care GAO-09-884T July 14, 2009 VA HEALTH CARE Highlights
Hi... |
| Date May 22, 2009 |
Report No. GAO-09-384 |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
May 2009 Report to Congressional Requesters MEDICAID Source of Screening Affects Women’s Eligibility for Coverage of Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment in Some States GAO-09-384 May 2009 MEDICAID Highlights
Highlights of GAO-09-384, a report to congressional requesters Accountability Integrity Reliability Source of Screening Affects Women’s ... |
| Date June 12, 2007 |
Report No. GAO-07-933T |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 a.m. EDT Tuesday, June 12, 2007 Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives DEFENSE HEALTH CARE Issues Related to Past Drinking Water Contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
Statement of Marcia Crosse Director, Health... |
| Date May 11, 2007 |
Report No. GAO-07-276 |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
May 2007 Report to Congressional Committees DEFENSE HEALTH CARE Activities Related to Past Drinking Water Contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune GAO-07-276 May 2007 DEFENSE HEALTH CARE Highlights
Highlights of GAO-07-276, a report to congressional committees Accountability Integrity Reliability Activities Related to Past Drinking Water Co... |
| Date Dec. 1, 2004 |
Report No. GAO-05-142R |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 December 1, 2004 The Honorable Joe Barton Chairman Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Subject: Medicare Chemotherapy Payments: New Drug and Administration Fees Are Closer to Providers’ Costs Dear Mr. Chairman: The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 1 (MMA) required the S... |
| Date June 17, 2004 |
Report No. GAO-04-713 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
June 2004 Report to the Ranking Minority Member, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, U.S. Senate PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE Coverage of Key Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests Is Common but Not Universal GAO-04-713 a June 2004 PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE Coverage of Key Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests Is Common but Not Universal Highlights of... |
| Date July 17, 2003 |
Report No. GAO-03-942R |
Title
United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 July 17, 2003 The Honorable Richard Burr House of Representatives Subject: CDC’s April 2002 Report On Smoking: Estimates of Selected Health Consequences of Cigarette Smoking Were Reasonable Dear Mr. Burr: Despite a recent decline in the population that smokes, smoking is considered the leading cause of preventable death in this country... |
| Date April 26, 2002 |
Report No. GAO-02-515 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
April 2002 Report to Congressional Requesters ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RISKS Information on EPA’s Draft Reassessment of Dioxins GAO-02-515 Contents Letter
Results in Brief Background EPA Used Data on the Presence of Dioxins, Toxicity, and Food Consumption to Estimate Human Dietary Exposure EPA’s and WHO’s Specific Reassessment Objectives and Processes ... |
| Date Oct. 31, 2001 |
Report No. GAO-02-53 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
October 2001 Report to Congressional Committees MEDICARE PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE Practice Expense Payments to Oncologists Indicate Need For Overall Refinements
Headings for Appendix II and III corrected on 05/03/04. Printed copies of this report were correct. GAO-02-53 a Contents Letter
Results in Brief Background Oncology Fares As Well As the Average Spe... |
| Date March 6, 2000 |
Report No. T-HEHS-00-68 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 1:00 p.m. Monday, Mar. 6, 2000 Testimony
Before the Special Committee on Aging, U.S. Senate MEDICARE Few Beneficiaries Use Colorectal Cancer Screening and Diagnostic Services
Statement of William J. Scanlon, Director Health Financing and Public Health Issues Health and Human Services Division GAO/T-HEHS-00-68 Medicare:... |
| 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 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 June 21, 1994 |
Report No. RCED-94-115 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
June 1994 Report to the Chairman, Committee on Natural Resources, House of Representatives ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS Federal Efforts to Determine Health Effects Are Behind Schedule GAO/RCED-94-116 L Resources, Community, Economic Development and Division B-256305 June 21,1994 The Honorable George Miller Chairman, Committee on Natural Resources House of Repr... |
| Date April 14, 1994 |
Report No. T-PEMD-94-21 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at IO:00 a.m., EDT Thursday
April 14, 1994 Testimony
Before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives How Does the United States Compare With Other Countries on Cancer Survival and Access to Bone Marrow Transplantation?
Statement of Eleanor Chelimsky Assistant Comptroller General Pr... |
| Date March 7, 1994 |
Report No. PEMD-94-5 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office /zG!7 ‘ 93?4 GAO
March 1994 Report to the Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives CANCER EXJIWIVAL An Internatiord Comparison of Outcomes AOLPEMD-94-5 I Notice: This is a reprint of a GAO report. Program Evaluatio,n and Methodology Division
B-255873 March 7,1994 The Honorable William M.. Thomas... |
| Date March 7, 1994 |
Report No. PEMD-94-10 |
Title
United States General Accounting Offke GAO
March 1994 Report to the Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives
/5087/ BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION International Comparisons of Availability and Appropriateness of Use GAO/PEMD-94-10 1 Notice: This is a reorint of a GAO reDort. 1 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20... |
| Date May 3, 1993 |
Report No. HRD-93-104 |
Title
Establishing Patient Smoking Areas at VA Facilities ._ _... . .._. .“..-ll_-_-*“-.l_~--~ll_l ---1-- GAO United States General Accounting OfYice Wwhfngton, D.C. 20548 Human ResourcesDivieion B-261770 May 3,1993 The Honorable John D. Rockefeller IV Chairman, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs United States Senate The Honorable Prank H. Murkowski Ranking Minority Member Committee on Veterans’ Aff... |
| Date Aug. 10, 1992 |
Report No. RCED-92-182 |
Title
NUCLEAR HEALTH AND SAFETY Mortality Study of Atmospheric Nuclear Test Participants Is Flawed ._. III ll Illlllllllll
147518 RESjl’RICTED--Not to be released outside the General Accounting Office unless specifically approved by the Office of L-a ‘llw!a Relations, __. _ - . .-._.._ GAO/RC:EI)-92-182 ..__ _ _.. ... ,...,,, ...,, .-..,... 88, .- - - .--- ----. - - GAO Uuited States General Accouut... |
| Date Aug. 5, 1992 |
Report No. T-HRD-92-51 |
Title
CJnited States lienera Accuunting Office GAO
For Rclcase on Dclivcrv Expcctcd a1 Testimony
Before the Subcommittee on Housing and Consumer Interests Select Committee on Aging House of Representatives 930 a.m.
wdllesday August 5. 1092 WOMEN’ HEALTH S INFORMATION HHS Lacks an Overall Strategy .
Statement of Mark V. Nadel, Associate Director National and Public Health Issues Human ResourcesDivision... |
| Date July 17, 1992 |
Report No. PEMD-92-28 |
Title
.‘ *“I ...J : A0
. “*-“. .-~-_I~ ...” .--. “. _.II vltdy l!l!U MEDICARE Reimbursement Policies Can Influence the Setting and Cost of Chemotherapy RESTRICTED--Not to be released outside the Y General Accounting Office unless specifically approved by the Office of Congressional Relations. United States General Accounting Of’ flce Washington, D.C. 20648 Program Evaluation and Methodolog... |
| Date July 2, 1992 |
Report No. T-HRD-92-33 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office Testimony
Before the Committee on Veterans’Affairs, United States Senate For Rclcasc on Dclivcry Expcwl a1 LO:00 a.m. EDT.
TllUI3dil~. VA HEALTH CARE FOR WOMEN Despite Progress, Improvements Needed
Statement of David P. Baine, Director of Federal Health Care Delivery Issues, Human ResourcesDivision July 2. IW:! 054bo ‘ /4qraa 7
GAO/T-HRD-92-33 i At the r... |
| Date June 19, 1992 |
Report No. T-HRD-92-42 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
For Relcasc on Delivery Expcwi at IO:(H) a.m. EDT Friday. June IO. 19’42 Testimony
Before a field hearing held in Pittsburgh, PA, by the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, United StatesSenate VA HEALTH CARE FOR WOMEN Despite Progress, Improvements Needed
Statementof David P. Baine, Director of FederalHealth Care Delivery Issues,Human ResourcesDivision G... |
| Date Oct. 2, 1991 |
Report No. PEMD-92-3 |
Title
““- w.-.-.-.. Oc*t olwr 199 1 REPRODUCTIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICANTS Regulatory Actions Provide Uncertain Protection l_ll,,,““l----.-l_l_.l_.- ..I _____ - -.___ - __._ --- .._______..-_ -I _.._ _,--‘ll”l”l,,l-*,~.~.-- ------ ~-~ --____- - -.-_-- ~---.----- Program Evaluation and Methodology Division H-243937 October 2, 1991 The Honorable John Glenn Chairman, Committee on Government... |
| Date Oct. 2, 1991 |
Report No. T-PEMD-92-1 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office Testimony For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:3Cl a.m. Wednesday Oct. 2, 1991 Reproductive Regulatory and Actions Developmental Provide Hazards: Uncertain Protection Statement of Eleanor CheLimsky Assistant Comptroller Program Evaluation Methodology Divivion Lenera and Before the Committee on Governmental U.S. Senate Affairs GAOIT-PEMD-92-1
GAO Form160 (12... |
| Date Sept. 27, 1991 |
Report No. PEMD-91-14 |
Title
Reimbursement Policies Constrain Physicians in Their Choice of Cancer Therapies GAO,‘ I~:MI)-9 I’ 1- I4 Program Evaluation and Methodology Division B-24286 1 September 27,lQQl The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy Chairman, Committee on Labor and Human Resources United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: At your request, we have studied the prevalence of off-label use of anticancer drugs; how that use ... |
| Date Feb. 25, 1991 |
Report No. PEMD-91-12BR |
Title
11 1;
Ji Jo t -- __...._ -----. ^.-- ______ -..._.__.__- _........ - United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 Program Evaluation and Methodology Division B-242851 February 25,199l The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy Chairman, Committee on Labor and Human Resources United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: In September 1989, you asked us to conduct a study on reimbursement denials ... |
| Date Oct. 20, 1988 |
Report No. PEMD-89-4BR |
Title
I.. .+ ..‘, . , United States General Accounting Office GAO
October 1988 Briefing Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives CANCER TREATMENT National Cancer Institute’s Role in Encouraging the Use of Breakthroughs . United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Program Evaluation and Methodolo... |
| Date June 29, 1987 |
Report No. T-PEMD-87-6 |
Title
GAO
Release on Delivery Expected at 9:45 a.m. Monday, June 29, 1987
For Testimony CANCER PATIENT BAS BEEN MADE? SURVIVAL: WHAT PROGRESS Statement of Eleanor Chelimsky, Director Program Evaluation and Methodology Division Before the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives 133321 ;AO/T-PEMD-87-6 MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE... |
| Date March 31, 1987 |
Report No. PEMD-87-13 |
Title
*# -*-*4”mI,o-LIImI,--I* m---w- United ----- sljxtes Geueral Accounting --_--1-.-s-- O!fici GAO
0: Report xo the Chairman, Subcominkteeon I;rtte:~governmental IRelationsand Human 13esouxes, Committee on Goverrument Operations, Houseof Representatives CANCER F’ATIENT SURVIVAL What P’rogressHas &en Made?
132697 1 IIII II 1111111 IllIll B-m __- - I_ -(t-_l_---L-_(- iG/PEMD-87-13 , ,,, ,,,, ,,,,... |
| Date Feb. 7, 1979 |
Report No. HRD-79-42 |
Title
REPORTB’Y’ THE- Comptroller General
OF THE UNITEDSTATES Federal Hospitals Could Improve Certain Cancer Treatment Capability By Sharing
The Chairman, House Committee on Appropriations asked GAO to review how the Department of Defense, the Veterans Administration, and the Public Health Service provide cancer care. The three agencies provide such treatment at nearly 300 Federal hospitals. About 6... |
| Date Aug. 8, 1978 |
Report No. HRD-78-139 |
Title
DOCUMENT BESUBZ
06839 - [B2227260J Lack of Authority Hampers Attempts To Increase Cosmetic Safety. HRD-78-139; B-164031(2). August 8, 1578. 106 pp. + 7 appendices (30 pp.). Report to the Congress; by Eluer B. Staats, Ccoptrcller General. Issue Area: Consumer and Worker Protection: Identification of Uazardous Consumer Products (909). Contact: Human Resources Div. Budqet Function: .ealth: Prevention... |
| Date Feb. 16, 1978 |
Report No. 105120 |
Title
DOCO1HVT RESUME
05120 [(B554#751 Federal Efforts To Regulate Toxic Residues in Poultry. February 16, 1978. 16 pp. Raw btiat and Testimony before the House Committee on Interstate and Foreiqn
Ccmmerce: Ovezsight and Inv4st.iqations Subcommittee; by Gregory J. Ahart, Director, Human Resourcea Div. Contact: Human Resources Div. Organization Concerned: Department of Agricultvre; Environmental Protecti... |
