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B-164031(4),106, MAR 11, 1977

B-164031(4),106: Mar 11, 1977

ITS EMPLOYEE HAD SUPPLIED HIS OWN NONMOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR AND WAS CAPABLE OF PERFORMING HIS ASSIGNED DUTIES. WE WILL NOT OBJECT TO THE SSA'S REIMBURSING ITS EMPLOYEE FOR THE COST OF ACQUIRING THE MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR. THE WHEELCHAIR WILL THEN BECOME THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPERTY FOR USE SOLELY IN THE SUBJECT BUILDING. 2. IS PLACED BY STATUTE WITH THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA). SEC. 1176 (1...

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Purchase of Wheelchair for Use of Social Security Administration Employee

B-164031(4): Mar 11, 1977

An employee of the Social Security Administration (SSA) requested reimbursement for a powered wheelchair because of a violation of the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 at the facility where he worked. SSA may reimburse its employee for the cost of the wheelchair. The chair will then become government property for use solely in the subject building...

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Review of the Social Security Administration's Integrity Function

B-164031(4).100-O.M.: Nov 21, 1975

Pursuant to internal request, GAO commented on whether the administrative costs of a Social Security Administration investigation could be recovered as a "cost of suit" under 31 U.S.C. 231. GAO noted that: (1) there were no cases specifically defining "costs of suit" under section 231, and the legislative history is silent on the subject; (2) it has been held that costs recoverable under mandatory...

Alleged Irregularities in Awarding Black Lung Benefits to a Miner

B-164031(4): Feb 16, 1973

A Senator requested GAO investigate an anonymous letter he received regarding a resident of Ridgeview who was receiving black lung benefits, although the people in his community did not recall his ever working in the coal mines. This letter serves as an interim report on the matter...

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Proposed Relocation of the Offices of the Social Security Administrator and Staff

B-164031(4).113: Published: May 7, 1979. Publicly Released: May 6, 1985.

The question was raised whether the Friedel Amendment would bar the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) from effecting the proposed relocation of the offices of the Social Security Administration (SSA) from Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland, to Washington, D.C. In reply to a request for his views on the matter, the Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget, H...

Possible Misuses of Federal Grant Funds at a University

B-164031(4): Published: Jun 8, 1971. Publicly Released: May 6, 1985.

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Medicare Payments for the Services of Salaried Supervisory and Teaching Physicians at Wayne County General Hospital, Eloise, Michigan

B-164031(4): Published: Dec 4, 1970. Publicly Released: May 6, 1985.

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Medicare Payments Made by the Massachusetts Medical Service for the Services of Supervisory and Teaching Physicians at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts

B-164031(4): Published: Sep 30, 1970. Publicly Released: May 6, 1985.

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Review of Medicare Payments to Supervisory and Teaching Physicians at the Dallas County Hospital District, Dallas, Texas

B-164031(4): Published: Dec 22, 1970. Publicly Released: May 6, 1985.

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GAO's Policies and Practices To Prevent Misuse of Access and Disclosure Authority

B-164031(4): Published: Jan 25, 1978. Publicly Released: Jan 10, 1984.

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Information Concerning the Authority of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare To Award Grants in Support of Health Maintenance Organizations

B-164031(4): Published: Mar 27, 1972. Publicly Released: Dec 30, 1983.

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Desirability of Subpoena Power for the Comptroller General in Federal Health Care Programs

B-164031(4): Published: Dec 29, 1976. Publicly Released: Sep 27, 1983.

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Authority of HEW to Issue Regulations Creating a Mandatory Uniform Accounting System for Hospitals

B-164031(4).105: Published: Jan 17, 1977. Publicly Released: Sep 27, 1983.

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Evaluation of Hospital Medical Staff's Comments on Report on Review of Medicare Payments for the Services of Salaried Supervisory and Teaching Physicians

B-164031(4): Published: Aug 17, 1971. Publicly Released: Jun 30, 1983.

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Administration of the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment Program

B-164031(4): Published: Mar 12, 1974. Publicly Released: Jun 30, 1983.

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Medicare Payments for Services of Supervisory and Teaching Physicians at Jackson Memorial Hospital

B-164031(4): Published: Nov 13, 1970. Publicly Released: Nov 12, 1982.

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Medicare Payments for Care Provided in Hospitals and in Extended-Care Facilities

B-164031(4): Published: Mar 24, 1971. Publicly Released: Nov 12, 1982.

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Review of Medicare Payments for Services of Salaried Supervisory and Teaching Physicians at Herman Kiefer Hospital

B-164031(4): Published: Aug 21, 1970. Publicly Released: Nov 12, 1982.

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Investigation of the Appalachian Regional Commission's Contracts With Macro Systems, Inc., and American Health Profiles

B-164031(4): Published: Aug 31, 1973. Publicly Released: Nov 9, 1982.

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Social Security Trust Fund Report and Statements of the Commissioner of Social Security

B-164031(4): Published: Sep 26, 1974. Publicly Released: Nov 8, 1982.

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Medicare Payments for Services of Supervisory and Teaching Physicians at Cook County Hospital

B-164031(4): Published: Feb 11, 1970. Publicly Released: Nov 17, 1980.

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Review of Selected Travel Policies and Practices

B-164031(4): Published: Nov 9, 1979. Publicly Released: Nov 9, 1979.

GAO was requested to review selected travel policies and practices of the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB). RRB travel costs were $568,000 in fiscal year 1976, $794,000 in 1979, and are projected to reach $944,000 in 1980. Most of the increase was for headquarter's travel, which more than doubled. Regional costs increased 23 percent. These travel costs exceeded the amounts approved by the Office of...

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S. 1109, To Amend the Social Security Act

B-164031(4): Published: Sep 17, 1979. Publicly Released: Sep 17, 1979.

Proposed legislation provides for a 180-day time limit on the negotiability of Supplemental Security Income checks and provides for returning to the Social Security Administration and to the States their respective shares of checks not presented for payment within this timeframe. GAO suggested that the bill also include all uncashed checks that are 180 days or older on the date of the enactment of...

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Certain Aspects of the Operation of Independent and Hospital-Based Laboratories

B-164031(4): Published: Dec 20, 1972. Publicly Released: Sep 16, 1979.

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Need To More Consistently Reimburse Health Facilities Under Medicare and Medicaid

B-164031(4): Published: Aug 16, 1974. Publicly Released: Aug 16, 1974.

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Examination of Financial Statements of the National Credit Union Administration for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1973, Limited by Restriction on Access to Credit Union Examination Records

B-164031(4): Published: May 21, 1974. Publicly Released: May 21, 1974.

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Increased Efficiency Predicted If Information Processing Systems of Social Security Administration Are Redesigned

B-164031(4): Published: Apr 19, 1974. Publicly Released: Apr 19, 1974.

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Administration of the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment Program by Illinois Under Its Medicaid Program

B-164031(4): Published: Mar 12, 1974. Publicly Released: Mar 12, 1974.

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Information on Attorney Fees Paid for State Black Lung Workmen's Compensation Claims in Kentucky

B-164031(4): Published: Jan 8, 1974. Publicly Released: Jan 8, 1974.

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Study of the Application of Reasonable Charge Provisions for Paying Physicians' Fees Under Medicare

B-164031(4): Published: Dec 20, 1973. Publicly Released: Dec 20, 1973.

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Examination Into the Complaints Concerning the Mountaineer Family Health Plan, Inc., and the Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, West Virginia

B-164031(4): Published: Jan 10, 1973. Publicly Released: Nov 10, 1973.

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Examination of Financial Statements of the National Credit Union Administration for the Periods Ended June 30, 1971 and 1972, Limited by Restriction on Access to Credit Union Examination Records

B-164031(4): Published: Sep 18, 1973. Publicly Released: Sep 18, 1973.

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Additional Information on Certain Aspects of Independent and Hospital-Based Laboratories

B-164031(4): Published: Aug 1, 1973. Publicly Released: Aug 1, 1973.

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Independent and Hospital-Based Laboratories

B-164031(4): Published: Dec 20, 1972. Publicly Released: Dec 20, 1972.

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Achievements, Administrative Problems, and Costs in Paying Black Lung Benefits to Coal Miners and Their Widows

B-164031(4): Published: Sep 5, 1972. Publicly Released: Sep 5, 1972.

GAO reviewed aspects of the Social Security Administration's program to provide benefits payments to underground coal miners totally disabled due to black lung and to widows of miners who were entitled to such benefits or who died due to the disease.Early problems in program implementation arose because the legislation which authorized the program included no provision for retroactive payments. Co...