Medicare: Number of Rural Hospitals Terminating Participation Since the Program Began
HRD-88-46
Published: Jan 29, 1988. Publicly Released: Feb 29, 1988.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO determined the: (1) number of rural hospitals which ceased Medicare participation before or after implementation of its inpatient hospital prospective payment system (PPS); and (2) availability of other hospitals to Medicare beneficiaries in the areas the closed hospitals formerly served.
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CancellationCommunity hospitalsHealth care cost controlHealth insuranceRural hospitalsHospital administrationHospital care servicesMedicareHospitalsBeneficiaries