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Medicare: Impact of OBRA-90's Dialysis Provisions on Providers and Beneficiaries

HEHS-94-65 Published: Apr 25, 1994. Publicly Released: Apr 25, 1994.
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Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided information on how Medicare End-Stage Renal Disease Program (ESRD) patients are affected by provisions requiring employer-sponsored health care plans to pay for dialysis before Medicare does, focusing on the: (1) amount of money dialysis providers receive; and (2) out-of-pocket payments that Medicare beneficiaries make.

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BeneficiariesCost analysisEmployee medical benefitsHealth care cost controlHealth insurance cost controlMedical economic analysisMedical services ratesMedicarePaymentsUrologic diseasesDialysis