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[Clipping: Letters to the editor]

Description: Photocopy of a newspaper article containing several letters to the editor regarding responses to various community issues, such as health care and General Dynamics controversy.
Date: January 25, 1989
Creator: Freeman, Ann; Lowrance, Otto; Mein, Phil; Mein, Joenie; Redd, David A.; Nelson, Bill et al.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Emerging Infectious Diseases: National Surveillance System Could Be Strengthened

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed public health surveillance of emerging infectious diseases, focusing on the role of state laboratories."
Date: February 25, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicare Managed Care: Better Risk Adjustment Expected to Reduce Excess Payments Overall While Making Them Fairer to Individual Plans

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the adjustment of Medicare's payments to managed care plans in the Medicare Choice program, focusing on the: (1) importance of improving the current risk adjustment method; (2) implications of rate-setting changes implemented in 1998; and (3) the advantages and drawbacks of the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) proposed new interim risk adjuster."
Date: February 25, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Department of Education: Assistance to States for the Education of Children with Disabilities and the Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities

Description: Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Department of Education's new rule on providing assistance to states for the education of children with disabilities and the early intervention program for infants and toddlers with disabilities. GAO noted that: (1) the final rule would implement changes made to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (Part B) and the Early Intervention Prog… more
Date: March 25, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Year 2000 Computing Challenge: Much Biomedical Equipment Status Information Available, Yet Concerns Remain

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the year 2000 compliance status of biomedical equipment, focusing on: (1) the status of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Federal Year 2000 Biomedical Equipment Clearinghouse; (2) the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) and the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) positions on GAO's recommendation to obtain and review the test results supporting ma… more
Date: May 25, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Federal Assistance: Information on Federal Funds to Suffolk County, New York

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the level of federal assistance provided to Suffolk County, New York, as well as data on incomes and the distribution of population within the county."
Date: June 25, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Medicare: Lessons Learned From HCFA's Implementation of Changes to Benefits

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) efforts to implement changes to the Medicare program, focusing on HCFA's implementation of the: (1) expansion of the partial hospitalization benefit; and (2) more recent changes under the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA) to determine whether HCFA is acting upon lessons learned from the partial ho… more
Date: January 25, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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HCFA: Three Largest Medicare Overpayment Settlements Were Improper

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO: (1) reviewed the application of the Federal Claims Collection Act to the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) settlement of overpayment matters with providers; and (2) developed case studies of settlements that may have been improper."
Date: February 25, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Breast Cancer Research Stamp: Millions Raised for Research, but Better Cost Recovery Criteria Needed

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Breast Cancer Research Semipostal (BCRS), focusing on the: (1) appropriateness and effectiveness of the BCRS as a fundraiser; and (2) costs associated with developing and selling the BCRS."
Date: May 25, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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DOD and VA Health Care: Jointly Buying and Mailing Out Pharmaceuticals Could Save Millions of Dollars

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed what the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Department of Defense (DOD) have done and what more they could do to reduce drug prices and dispensing costs, focusing on the: (1) extent of joint DOD and VA drug contracting thus far and the prospects for further contracting; (2) prospects of DOD using VA's consolidated mail outpatient pharmacy (CMOP) centers to hand… more
Date: May 25, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Health Care Financing Administration: Medicare Program--Medicare Choice Program

Description: Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) new rule on the Medicare Choice Program. GAO held that: (1) the final rule responds to comments on a June 26, 1998, interim final rule implementing the Medicare Choice program and revises the interim rule to reflect changes made to the program by the Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999; and (2) HCFA c… more
Date: July 25, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Health Care Fraud: Schemes to Defraud Medicare, Medicaid, and Private Health Care Insurers

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the various schemes used to defraud the Medicare and Medicaid programs and private insurance companies and how the proposed legislation contained in H.R. 3461 and S.1231 could strenghten federal and state health care programs."
Date: July 25, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Veterans' Health Care: Observations on VA's Assessment of Hepatitis C Budgeting and Funding

Description: A statement of record issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) requested and received $195 million for Hepatitis C screening and treatment in fiscal year 2000. VA's budget documentation showed that it had spent $100 million on Hepatitis C screening and treatment, leaving a difference of $95 million between its estimated and actual expenditures. However, GAO's review revealed that the difference was actually much larger--$145 m… more
Date: April 25, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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DOD and VA Pharmacy: Progress and Remaining Challenges in Jointly Buying and Mailing Out Drugs

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DOD) have made important progress, particularly during the past year, in their efforts to jointly procure drugs to help control spiraling prescription drug costs. Although their collaborative efforts have been impressive, the two agencies have largely targeted generic drugs, which comprise less than 10 percent of their combined expenditures… more
Date: May 25, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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U.S. Locations Where Beryllium Was Used or Detected

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report identifies U.S. locations where beryllium was used in workplace processes or detected as present in the workplace. Data show that beryllium was used or detected at locations in 45 of 50 states, plus the District of Columbia. However, the number of locations varied by state. For example, 30 states and the District of Columbia were reported as having from one to 10 locations, while 15 states were repo… more
Date: May 25, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Children's Health Insurance: SCHIP Enrollment and Expenditure Information

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Congress created the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) in 1997 to reduce the number of uninsured poor children whose families incomes are too high to qualify for Medicaid. Congress appropriated $40 billion over 10 years (fiscal years 1998 through 2007) for SCHIP. Each state's SCHIP allotment is available as a federal match based on state expenditures. Although the SCHIP statute generally targets… more
Date: July 25, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicare: New Spending Estimates Underscore Need for Reform

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Although the short-term outlook of Medicare's hospital insurance trust fund improved in the last year, Medicare's long-term prospects have worsened. The Medicare Trustee's latest projections, released in March, use more realistic assumptions about health care spending in the years ahead. These latest projections call into question the program's long-term financial health. The Congressional Budget Office also increas… more
Date: July 25, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicare: Successful Reform Requires Meeting Key Management Challenges

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Management of Medicare has come under increasing scrutiny. The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) has had mixed success running the program. The agency has developed payment methods that have contained cost growth, and HCFA has paid fee-for-service claims quickly and at low administrative cost. However, HCFA has had difficulty ensuring that it paid claims appropriately. In addition, Medicare claims administ… more
Date: July 25, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicare: Improvements Needed in Provider Communications and Contracting Procedures

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Complete, accurate, and timely communication of program information is necessary to help Medicare providers comply with program requirements and appropriately bill for their services. Information provided to physicians about billing and payment policies is often incomplete, confusing, out of date, or even incorrect. GAO found that the rules governing Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) contracts with it… more
Date: September 25, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Private Health Insurance: Number and Market Share of Carriers in the Small Group Health Insurance Market

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO reviewed the small group health insurance market to identify the number of licensed carriers, the largest carriers, and their market share in each state. GAO found that (1) the median number of licensed carriers in the small group market per state was 28, (2) the median market share of the largest carrier was about 33 percent, (3) the five largest carriers, when combined, represented three-quarters or more … more
Date: March 25, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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VA Long-Term Care: The Availability of Noninstitutional Services Is Uneven

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Noninstitutional long-term care services are delivered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to veterans in their own homes and other community locations. The Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act requires VA to offer long-term care services to eligible veterans, including services provided in noninstitutional settings. More than two years after the act's passage, VA has yet to offer eligible veteran… more
Date: April 25, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Health Insurance: States' Protections and Programs Benefit Some Unemployed Individuals

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The six states reviewed had in place a variety of protections, established prior to the economic downturn, to assist unemployed individuals in maintaining health insurance coverage: State-mandated continuation coverage, which required small businesses to extend their group health coverage to former employees and their families who choose to pay for it. Guaranteed conversion, which required insurers to allow el… more
Date: October 25, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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