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Medicare: Comments on HHS Proposal To Revise End Stage Renal Disease Facility Payment Rates

HRD-86-126BR Published: Jul 22, 1986. Publicly Released: Jul 22, 1986.
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In response to a congressional request, GAO reviewed: (1) the Department of Health and Human Services Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) proposed revisions to Medicare's payment rates for facilities participating in the End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) program; (2) a critique of the proposal; and (3) other public comments on the proposal.

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Cost analysisHealth care cost controlHealth care facilitiesMedical economic analysisMedical services ratesMedicarePatient care servicesUrologic diseasesQuality of careDialysis