Medicare Home Health Agencies: Closures Continue, With Little Evidence Beneficiary Access Is Impaired
HEHS-99-120
Published: May 26, 1999. Publicly Released: May 26, 1999.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the: (1) distribution of Medicare home health agencies' (HHA) closures across urban and rural counties and the characteristics of closed agencies; and (2) effect of closures on beneficiary access to home health services.
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