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Medicare Reimbursements for Conventional Eyeglasses

HRD-84-44 Published: Mar 07, 1984. Publicly Released: Mar 07, 1984.
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Highlights

GAO reviewed the administration of Medicare reimbursements for cataract surgeries and prosthetic lenses by seven carriers in seven states.

Recommendations

Recommendations for Executive Action

Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Health Care Financing Administration The Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) should discontinue Medicare payments for conventional eyeglasses for aphakic and pseudophakic beneficiaries.
Closed – Not Implemented
HCFA developed a regulation to implement this recommendation, but action was delayed by a change in administrators. On July 15, 1988, the Office of the Inspector General, in a follow-up report to the GAO report, recommended HCFA implement the recommendation. HCFA stated that it had no immediate plans to act.

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Health Care
Health care costsHealth care servicesMedicareEyeglassesCataract surgeryBeneficiariesCataractsHealth care financePatient careMedicare payments