Medicare Payments: Use of Revised 'Inherent Reasonableness' Process Generally Appropriate Metadata
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Title
- Main Title Medicare Payments: Use of Revised 'Inherent Reasonableness' Process Generally Appropriate
Creator
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Author: United States. General Accounting Office.Creator Type: Organization
Publisher
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Name: United States. General Accounting Office.Place of Publication: Washington D.C.
Date
- Creation: 2000-07-05
Language
- English
Description
- Content Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) and the Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carriers' (DMERC) actions to implement a final rule for processing Medicare payments, focusing on whether: (1) it was proper for HCFA to issue its inherent reasonableness regulations as an interim final rule, and whether HCFA is authorized to delegate responsibility for making payment adjustments to the DMERCs; (2) the DMERCs' survey methods were adequate to support the proposed payment reductions; and (3) the proposed payment reductions will reduce patient access to the affected medical products."
Subject
- Library of Congress Subject Headings: Government accountability -- United States.
- Keyword: health care
- Keyword: medicare payments
- Keyword: letter report
Coverage
- Place Name: United States
Collection
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Name: Government Accountability Office ReportsCode: GAORT
Institution
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Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents DepartmentCode: UNTGD
Rights
- Rights License: pd
Resource Type
- Report
Format
- Text
Identifier
- Report No.: HEHS-00-79
- Accession or Local Control No: 229306
- URL: http://gao.gov/products/HEHS-00-79
- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc291085