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| Date Sept. 27, 1984 |
Report No. HRD-84-94 |
Title
ACCOUNTING UNITED STATESGENERAL OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RL5OlJRCLS OlVl5lON September 2 7, 198 4 Carolyne K. Davis, Ph.D., Administrator Health Care Financing Administration Dear Dr. Davis: Subject: Reimbursing Physicians Under Medicare on the Basis of Their Specialty (GAO/HRD-84-94) Medicare regulations permit differences in prevailing rates for physician services if Medicare carriers... |
| Date Aug. 9, 1984 |
Report No. NSIAD-84-139 |
Title
REPORTBY THEUS General Accounting Office
Ways To Reduce The Cost Of Medical Referral Programs In Micronesia And American Samoa
Lacking mlnents on the report. Prior to issuance of this Frnal report, the Federated States of Micronesia provided comments which are them included in appendix V. GAO did not incorporate into the final report. 1v Contents Page DIGEST CHAPTER
1
1 INTRODUCTION U.S. responsib... |
| Date July 12, 1984 |
Report No. HRD-84-67 |
Title
I ‘I 8 . I 1. 1.1. . . b&U11 IllaL VA 1 IL,r WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RmURCES DIVISION July ~2, 198-a Carolyne K. Davis, Ph.D., Administrator Health Care Financing Administration Department of Health and Human Services Dear Dr. Davis: II I’ I II III’ I II i
IIlIll’i 1 MlllRl II lllll
l 125078 J Subject: Payment Rates For Ambulatory Surgery Centers Are Higher Than Intended By The Health... |
| Date March 7, 1984 |
Report No. HRD-84-44 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION Carolyne K. Davis, Ph.D. Administrator Health Care Financing Administration Department of Health and Human Services Dear Dr. Davis: Subject: Medicare Reimbursements Eyeglasses'.'(GAO/HRD-84-44) for Conventional 11111 IlIlII ll
123683 We have reviewed the administration of Medicare reimbursements for cataract su... |
| Date Feb. 13, 1984 |
Report No. HRD-84-31 |
Title
. . /Jaou H BY THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFF-ICE
Report To The Honorable Harry N. Walters Administrator Of Veterans Affairs Opportunities To Increase Cost Recoveries
The Veterans Admmrstratron (VA) generally provides free medical care to eligible veterans. However, when a veteran requires treatment because of injuries suffered on the job or because of another person’s negligent actions, VAcan rec... |
| Date Oct. 21, 1983 |
Report No. IPE-84-1 |
Title
B\/ THE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Chairman Of The Subcommittee Oin Health And The Environment, Committee Ojn Energy And Commerce Hwse Of Representatives Medicaid And Nursing Home Care: Cost Increases And The Need For Services Are Creating Problems For The States And The Elderly
N/ursing home care is the most expensive component of Medicaid: the ajortty of the Nation’ s elderly ... |
| Date Sept. 30, 1983 |
Report No. HRD-83-74 |
Title
BY THE U.S.GE?dEF?AL ACCOUNTING OFFlCi
Report To The Secretary And Human Services Of Health Need To Eliminate Payments For Unnecessary Hospital Ancillary Services
About 6 percent of the charges for ancillary services provided to a sample of Medicare beneficiaries at 16 hospitals represented unnecessary care. All of the unnecessary was paid by Medicare because of the bsence of effective medical nec... |
| Date Sept. 20, 1983 |
Report No. NSIAD-83-33 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTINGOFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 B-211827 SEPTEMBER 20.1983 The Honorable Administrator Harry N. Walters of Veterans Affairs Dear Mr. Walters:
Subject: Better Management and Price Negotiation Will Improve the Veterans Administration's Multiple Award Schedule Program (GAO/NSIAD-83-33) We reviewed the Veterans Administration's (VA's) procurement of drugs and pharmaceutic... |
| Date July 12, 1983 |
Report No. HRD-83-72 |
Title
B-207300 The Honorable Bill Archer House of Representatives Dear Mr. Archer: Comments on the Legislative Intent of Medicare's Hospice Care Benefit (GAO/HRD-83-72) 122087 JWLEASED Subject: asked us a number of questions Your June 2, 1983, letter concerning the recently enacted Medicare hospice care benefit. this report will address the As agreed to with your office, legislative intent behind the ho... |
| Date June 15, 1983 |
Report No. HRD-83-63 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 B-211835
’ ie,. JUNE 15,1983 The Honorable John Heinz Chairman, Special Committee on Aging United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman8 Subject: *, .+,, I L ,I, 1 I, ' I,,, REl E&E; I, ' 1. Comments on a Health Care Financing Administration Regional Office Report on New Jersey's Diagnostic Related Group Prospective Reimbursement Experiment ... |
| Date Feb. 8, 1983 |
Report No. HRD-83-16 |
Title
.c c /&rlqq BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress
OF THEUNITEDSTATES
Improving Medicare And Medicaid Systems To Control Payments For Unnecessary Physicians’ Services
Some services provided to Medicare and Medicaid recipients by physicians or suppliers are medically unnecessary and, under the law, should not be paid for by these programs. This report discusses the systems to identify,... |
| Date Jan. 19, 1983 |
Report No. HRD-83-18 |
Title
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| Date Oct. 14, 1982 |
Report No. HRD-83-9 |
Title
BY -k-If US. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Chairman, Committee On Aging House Of Representatives Select Audit Of Medicaid Costs Reported By Autumn Hills Convalescent Centers, Inc., Houston, Texas
Although the central office costs reported by A tumn Hills for 1978 and 1980 included signi s icent amounts of unallowable and questionable costs, under Texas’ ratesetting methodology these am... |
| Date Sept. 30, 1982 |
Report No. HRD-82-130 |
Title
- , .p UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHINGTON,
HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION ,ACCOUNTING O.C. 2064s OFFICE September 30, 1982 B-209129 The Honorable The Secretary Attentiont
Dear Caspar W. Weinberger of Defense Director, GAO Affairs llIllllllllllll
119632 Mr. Secretary: Better Planning and Funding Approach Needed for Military Medical Facilities Construction and Modernization Projects in Germany (GAO/HBD-82-1... |
| Date Aug. 31, 1982 |
Report No. HRD-82-102 |
Title
. BYTHE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE ,
Report To The Chairman, Committee Labor And Human Resources On 4 RELEASED Ilegations Related To The Processing f Injured Employees’ Hearing Loss Claims
eviewed charges of improprieties which related ily to a Department of Labor’s Hearing Loss Task processing of claims for workers’ compensation s. Based on a sample of claims adjudicated by the ce, GAO c... |
| Date Aug. 27, 1982 |
Report No. IPE-82-7 |
Title
BY THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE //~qq
Report To The Chairman, Special Committee On Aging
RELEASED i.- Assessment Of The Use Of Tax Credits For Families Who Provide Health Care To Disabled Elderly Relatives
In assessing proposed tax credit legislation for assisting families caring for disabled elderly relatives, GAO finds that families are the “predominant providers of long-term care for the e... |
| Date Aug. 6, 1982 |
Report No. HRD-82-109 |
Title
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 July 20, 1982 |
Report No. HRD-82-90 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL
WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING
D.C. 20548 OFFICE HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION B-208181 IIllll
119007 JULY 20,1982 The Honorable.Richard S. Schweiker The Secretary of Health and Human Services Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: Requirement: ,Waiver of Medicaid Freedom-of-Choice Potential Savings and Practical Problems' (GAO/HRD-82-90) Medicaid recipients have been free to obtain health care The... |
| Date July 15, 1982 |
Report No. IPE-82-4 |
Title
. + m 1% ” rl%~ es . BY THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On ‘Health And The Environment Of The * Committee On Energy And Commerce Preliminary Findings On Patient Characteristics And State Medicaid Expenditures For Nursing Home Care
In this report, GAO presents preliminary findings on the increasing disability and dependence of nursing home patients and the i... |
| Date June 9, 1982 |
Report No. HRD-82-96 |
Title
i3rig.
CC.Xd~ldW Cen. Guthrie L. Turner, Jr. insfcrred to a Federal MTF before their discharge from the civilian !mspi tal, IG?!C was Generally unaware when active duty members were patients in civilian hospitals because neither active duty members nor their im:nediate con5anders were routinely contacting 8At4C as required by Army regulations. A unit commander contacted MAMC in only one of the six... |
| Date June 4, 1982 |
Report No. HRD-82-49 |
Title
UNITED STATESGENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WMAN RESOURCES DIVISION B-204641 The Honorable Vie Fazio House of Representatives Dear Mr. Fazio: Subject: #llllllllllll ll
118866 Stronger VA and DOD Actions Needed to Recover Costs of Medical Services Provided to Persons With Work-Related Injuries or Illnesses ! (GAO/HRD-82-49) In response to your March 19, 1981, request, we have reviewed the efforts of Vet... |
| Date May 14, 1982 |
Report No. HRD-82-62 |
Title
i?EK.lRTBYTHEUS. General Accounting Office
RELEASED " IRural Health Clinic Services $ct Has Not Met Expectations The act authorized Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement for the services of physician extenders in participating rural health clinics in medically underserved areas. The ;services provided under the act have been ;much lower than anticipated. GAO found ~that Medicare beneficiaries in the... |
| Date April 1, 1982 |
Report No. HRD-82-25 |
Title
Comptroller General RELEASED
OF THE UNITEDSTATES Longshoremen’ And Harbor Workers’ s compensation Act Needs Amending
Since the 1972 amendments to the Longshoremen’ s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, injuries have more than tripled, and benefit payments have increased by an estimated 600 percent. Staff shortages and a reluctance to enforce certain provisions of the act have hampered ef... |
| Date Feb. 22, 1982 |
Report No. HRD-82-42 |
Title
, 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 Feb. 18, 1982 |
Report No. HRD-82-39 |
Title
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RE#WIRCU DIVISIDH B-206363 The Honorable Richard S. Schweiker The Secretary of Health and Human Services Dear Mr. Secretaryt Subject% Medicare Equalization Practice Prepayment (HRD-82-39) ulllllllllll I
117526 Factor Payments to Group Plans Should Be Stopped This letter is to advise you of our view that Medicare part B equalization factor payments to Group Practice Pre... |
| Date Dec. 29, 1981 |
Report No. HRD-82-31 |
Title
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. 22, 1981 |
Report No. HRD-82-24 |
Title
UNITED sTC;TES#GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 2OW B-205816 DmxruslR 2& 1981 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Subject: Rudy Boschwitz
Senate Nlllllllllll II
117103 Boschwitz: Information on Medicare's Hospital Inpatient Routine Operating Cost Reimbursement Limits for Duluth-Superior (HRD-82-24) This is in rssponse to your referral of a letter from Mr. Thomas G . Bell III, a membe... |
| Date Dec. 22, 1981 |
Report No. HRD-82-23 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACC~UNTIP~G OFFICE
WASHlNGtON. D.C. 20548 B-205816 The Honorable James Oberstar House of Representatives :Dear Mr. Oberstar: Information on Medicare's Hospital Inpatient Routine Operating Cost Reimbursement Limits for Duluth-Superior (HRD-82-23) Subject: This is in response to your referral of a letter from Mr. Thomas G. Bell III, a member of the Board of Trustee& of Miller-D... |
| Date Nov. 9, 1981 |
Report No. PAD-82-21 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RELEASED The Honorable United States Dear Senator Subject:
, Thomas F. Eagleton Senate Eagleton: Approaches By Certain Toward Valuation Federal Agencies of Human Life (PAD-82-21) In your letter of June 19, 1981, you requested that the ))General Accounting O ffice conduct a survey of Federal agencies ; responsible for public health and ... |
| Date Oct. 26, 1981 |
Report No. HRD-82-4 |
Title
BYTHEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Honorable Pete V. Domenici United States Senate lmproved Knowledge Base Would Be Helpful In Reaching Policy Decisions On Providing Long-Term, In-Home Services For The Elderly
Long-term, in-home care consists of services to the elderly who, because of chronic functional disabilities, need assistance with basic activities of daily living. Although it i... |
| Date Oct. 22, 1981 |
Report No. HRD-82-7 |
Title
fESFTRCTED -acade ^I ½,!ci~ / .Oc . . Y~ E- 0 .: 0... BY. THE COKf ~~BY.. ~ -~THE COlar no1r>;t:E: :E: Vc-Q.. :F:A N fp- CUEUFAL RELEASED V Report To The Honorable Alan Cranston United States Senate
OF THE UNITED STATES State Veterans' Homes: Opportunities To Reduce VA And State Costs And Improve Program Management
State homes provide hospital, nursing home,and domiciliary care to needy, disabled... |
| Date Sept. 15, 1981 |
Report No. B-204289 |
Title
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 July 29, 1981 |
Report No. HRD-81-121 |
Title
Request for copies of GAO reports should be sent to: U.S. General Accounting Office Document Handling and Information Services Facility P.O. Box 6015 Gaithersburg, Md. 20760 Telephone (202) 275-6241 The first five copies of individual reports are free of charge. Additional copies of bound audit reports are $3.25 each. Additional copies of unbound report (i.e., letter reports) and most other publi... |
| Date May 12, 1981 |
Report No. HRD-81-88 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTINGOFFICE
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20!548 HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION B-203133 MAY 12,1981 The Honorable G. V. Montgomery Chairman, Committee on Veterans' House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: : Affairs Ylll 'I I
115226 _Subject: Hospitalization Program: r VAb Contract Timely Transfers of Veterans from Non-VA Hospitals'to VA Medical Centers Can Reduce costs (~~~-81-88) 3 In... |
| Date May 8, 1981 |
Report No. B-202458 |
Title
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 March 3, 1981 |
Report No. HRD-81-54 |
Title
- -.a I BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAtL. Report To The Congress
OF THEUNITED STATES Better Guidelines Could Reduce VA’s Planned Construction Of Costly Operating Rooms
The Veterans Administration’s criterion for surgical facilities in new or replacement hospitals -- 1 operating room for every 28 surgical beds -- results in too many operating rooms. The VA guideline fails to consider that some occupan... |
| Date Feb. 18, 1981 |
Report No. HRD-81-59 |
Title
aA0
United States General Accounting Offlce Washington, DC 20548 Human Resources Division February
-r(” . ,/“---A 18, 1981 Mr. Paul Willyiny Acting Administrator Health Care Financing Subject: Administration jl,. on Health Facility Costs Related to Using Nurse Supplemental Staffing Services (HRD-81-59) 3 Dear Mr. Willying: Over within the impact on facilities The extent two States to regulate ... |
| Date Jan. 1, 1981 |
Report No. OISS-81-8 |
Title
*
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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
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
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 Oct. 22, 1980 |
Report No. HRD-81-12 |
Title
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. 6, 1980 |
Report No. HRD-81-2 |
Title
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
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 Sept. 11, 1980 |
Report No. HRD-80-113 |
Title
Extent Of Billings By Nonpsychiatric Specialty Physicians For Mental Health Services Under CHAMPUS
The Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services pays benefits for mental health services provided by both mental health specialists and nonpsychiatric specialty physicians. Mental health services billed by nonpsychiatric specialty physicians amounted to an estimated 4.3 percent of t... |
| Date July 29, 1980 |
Report No. HRD-80-79 |
Title
Comptroller General
OF THE UNITEDSTATES OPM Should Promote Medical Necessity Programs For Federal Employees’ Health Insurance
This is GAO’s third report calling for the Office of Personnel Management to pay more attention to the medical necessity provisions of its Federal Employees Health Benefits program contracts. OPM has been slow to encour. age health insurance plans to use medical ne. ces... |
| Date July 21, 1980 |
Report No. B-197878 |
Title
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. 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 16, 1980 |
Report No. B-199563 |
Title
' B-199563 We understand the need for the study required by section 554(b)(2) to resolve the longstanding issue of the appropriate basis for payments to hospitals for the costs of providing routine nursing care to Medicare beneficiaries. We wish to call to your attention, however, factors that will affect our ability to carry out the study or to fully meet the study's stated requirements in the al... |
| Date July 14, 1980 |
Report No. HRD-80-96 |
Title
GAO
United States General Accounting OfTice Washington, DC 20548 Human Resources Division B-199414 JULY 14,198O The Honorable Patricia The Secretary of Health Human Services Dear * Mrs. Harris: Roberts and Harris 1111 Ill Ill 11111
112761 Subject: II,,+c lyanagement of and Results Obtained HCFA Demonstrations and Experimen (HRD-80-96) from On May 8, 1980, we testified before the Subcommittee on Ov... |
| Date June 30, 1980 |
Report No. HRD-80-59 |
Title
Report To The Chairman, Committee On The Judiciary United States Senate OF THE UNITEDSTATES Federal Government Still Striving To Establish Single Drug Procurement System
For nearly two decades the Federal Government has tried to establish a single system for procuring and supplying drugs and medical devices to eliminate unnecessary duplication and reduce costs. Only recently have the Office of Fed... |
| Date June 30, 1980 |
Report No. 112715 |
Title
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... |
