Medicare and Medicaid Participating Facilities: CMS Needs to Reexamine Its Approach for Funding State Oversight of Health Care Facilities

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Title

Main Title Medicare and Medicaid Participating Facilities: CMS Needs to Reexamine Its Approach for Funding State Oversight of Health Care Facilities

Creator

Author: United States. Government Accountability Office.

Creator Type: Organization

Publisher

Name: United States. Government Accountability Office.

Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

Creation: 2009-02-13

Language

English

Description

Content Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Americans receive care from tens of thousands of health care facilities participating in Medicare and Medicaid. To ensure the quality of care, CMS contracts with states to conduct periodic surveys and complaint investigations. Federal spending on such activities totaled about $444 million in fiscal year 2007; states are expected to contribute their own funds both through the Medicaid program and apart from that program. GAO evaluated survey funding, state workloads, and federal oversight of states' use of funds since fiscal year 2000 to determine if federal funding had kept pace with the changing workload. GAO analyzed (1) federal funding trends from fiscal years 2000 through 2007 and CMS's methodology for determining states' allocations and spending, (2) CMS data on the number of participating facilities and completed state surveys, and (3) CMS oversight of state spending. GAO interviewed state officials and collected data from 28 states."

Subject

Library of Congress Subject Headings: Government accountability -- United States.
Keyword: health care
Keyword: medicare and medicaid participating facilities
Keyword: letter report

Coverage

Place Name: United States

Collection

Name: Government Accountability Office Reports

Code: GAORT

Institution

Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Code: UNTGD

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Rights License: pd

Resource Type

Report

Format

Text

Identifier

Report No.: GAO-09-64
Accession or Local Control No: 286211
URL: http://gao.gov/products/GAO-09-64
Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc298870