Medicare: Impact of Changing Transportation Policy for Portable Equipment Is Uncertain
HEHS-98-82
Published: May 18, 1998. Publicly Released: Jun 22, 1998.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed how the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) revised payment policies would affect Medicare beneficiaries and program costs, focusing on the: (1) Medicare recipients, places of service, and providers who might be affected most; (2) number of services that would be affected by the changed policy; and (3) effect on Medicare's program costs.
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