Medicare: Options to Provide Home Dialysis Aides
HRD-90-153
Published: Aug 31, 1990. Publicly Released: Aug 31, 1990.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the transition of a Medicare contractor's end-stage renal disease patients to different sources of dialysis to determine: (1) the appropriate circumstances to authorize Medicare payments for an aide under the end stage renal disease program when patients dialyze at home; and (2) potential increased indirect costs for transportation and day care.
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