Medicare: HCFA Can Improve Methods for Revising Physician Practice Expense Payments
T-HEHS-98-105
Published: Mar 03, 1998. Publicly Released: Mar 03, 1998.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the efforts of the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) to revise the practice expense component of Medicare's physician fee schedule.
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