Download or read book More Can Be Done to Achieve Greater Efficiency in Contracting for Medicare Claims Processing written by United States Accounting Office (GAO) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-25 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More Can Be Done To Achieve Greater Efficiency in Contracting for Medicare Claims Processing

Download or read book More Can be Done to Achieve Greater Efficiency in Contracting for Medicare Claims Processing written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book More Can be Done to Achieve Greater Efficiency in Contracting for Medicare Claims Processing written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Health Care written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed to a 15-year term by the U.S. President. The GAO wants to support Congress, while at the same time doing right by the citizens of the United States. They audit, investigate, perform analyses, issue legal decisions and report anything that the government is doing. This is one of their reports.

Download or read book Experiments Have Not Demonstrated Success of Competitive Fixed Price Contracting in Medicare written by GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC HUMAN RESOURCES DIV. and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the request of Chairman Rangel, we have reviewed the three experimental fixed-price contracts in Medicare part B as a followup to our June 29, 1979, report to the Congress, 'More Can Be Done to Achieve Greater Efficiency in Contracting for Medicare Claims Processing' (HRD-79-76). As requested, our review focused principally on the experimental contract in Illinois. We also addressed the Health Care Financing Administration's progress in implementing contractor performance standards and in carrying out other recommendations in our June 1979 report. We requested comments from the Department of Health and Human Services, the Health Insurance Association of America, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Associations, and the three contractors involved in the experiments. Written comments were received from all parties, except one experimental contractor, and were considered in finalizing the report.

Download or read book Medicare written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GAO evaluated the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) management of Medicare claims processing under noncompetitive cost reimbursement contracts and eight competitively bid fixed-price contracts to determine whether: (1) the advantages of fixed-price competition justify broader use of this method of contracting; and (2) the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) current authority is sufficient to achieve increased administrative efficiency without a change in contracting methods. HHS was given legislative authority to experiment with fixed-price or incentive arrangements with contractors as a way of potentially reducing costs and improving program administration. The Deficit Reduction Act (DEFRA) gave HHS additional authority to use competition on a limited basis to remove poorly performing contractors from the program. GAO found that: (1) the competitive contracts have not demonstrated any clear advantage over cost contracts; (2) HHS has been successful in controlling administrative costs using cost contracts; (3) regular competition would probably increase contractor turnover and the problems associated with changing contractors, such as disrupted services and slower payments; and (4) competitive contracting requires more HHS management resources. However, GAO believes that limited use of competitive contracting would be useful, since it stimulates some cost contractors to improve performance and reduce costs. In 1985, because of budgetary shortfalls, HHS abandoned the traditional budget negotiation process and reduced the funds given to each contractor to carry out its claims processing functions. The cuts: (1) were made without consideration of individual contractor circumstances, since even the most cost-efficient contractors were required to reduce costs; (2) left inadequate funds to implement additional legislative requirements or process claims; and (3) were inconsistent with the congressional intent that cost-cutting measures not adversely affect program payments and the quality of service.

Download or read book GAO Documents written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catalog of reports, decisions and opinions, testimonies and speeches.

Download or read book Medicare Contractors written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Experimental Medicare Claims Processing Contract written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Bibliography of Documents Issued by the GAO on Matters Related to ADP written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Medicare Contractors written by Richard L. Hembra and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1999-12 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) oversight of its claims administration contractors. Specifically, it discusses whether (1) there are weaknesses in HCFA's contractor oversight activities that may make Medicare more vulnerable to fraud, waste, & abuse, & (2) any changes in HCFA's contracting authority that may improve its ability to manage its contractors. HCFA has indicated that new contracting authority could mitigate many of the weaknesses that have been identified. This report also addresses whether any changes in HCFA's contracting authority may improve its ability to manage its contractors.

Download or read book A Bibliography of Documents Issued by the GAO on Matters Related to ADP January 1976 December 1980 written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Health bibliography written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book First Concurrent Resolution on the Budget fiscal Year 1982 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Budget and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Inspector General Act Amendments of 1981 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Legislation and National Security Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Monthly List of GAO Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes legal decisions and opinions of the Comptroller General.