Medicare: Provision of Key Preventive Diabetes Services Falls Short of Recommended Levels
T-HEHS-97-113
Published: Apr 11, 1997. Publicly Released: Apr 11, 1997.
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GAO discussed its recent report on preventive and monitoring services provided to Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes, focusing on: (1) the extent to which Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes receive recommended levels of preventive and monitoring services; (2) what Medicare health maintenance organizations (HMO) are doing to improve delivery of recommended diabetes services; and (3) the activities that the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) supports to address these service needs for Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes.
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