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• The crisis in home health care greater need, less care : hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, Ninety-ninth Congress, second session, Philadelphia, PA, July 28, 1986. (U.S. G.P.O., 1987), by United States Senate Special Committee on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)
• Conference on profiling. (PPRC, 1992), by United States. Physician Payment Review Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Medicare hearings on controlling costs and improving care : hearings before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session, February 6, 7, and 10, 1995. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1995), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health (page images at HathiTrust)
• Closures continue, with little evidence beneficiary access is impaired (The Office, 1999), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Changes to HMO rate setting method are needed to reduce program costs, report to Congressional committees (The Office ;, 1994), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Durable medical equipment : specific HCFA criteria and standard forms could reduce Medicare payments : report to Congressional committees (The Office ;, 1992), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Medicare : excessive payments support the proliferation of costly technology : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives (The Office ;, 1992), by United States General Accounting Office and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health (page images at HathiTrust)
• Greater investment in claims review would save millions (The Office ;, 1994), by United States General Accounting Office and United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget (page images at HathiTrust)
• Data bank unlikely to increase collections from other insurers (The Office ;, 1994), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Inadequate review of claims payments limits ability to control spending (The Office ;, 1994), by United States General Accounting Office and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Early resolution of overcharges for therapy in nursing homes is unlikely (The Office ;, 1996), by United States General Accounting Office and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rural primary care hospitals : experience offers suggestions for Medicare's expanded program : report to Congressional committees (The Office, 1998), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• High spending growth calls for aggressive action (The Office ;, 1995), by William Scanlon, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health, and United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Physicians who invest in imaging centers refer more patients for more costly services (The Office ;, 1993), by Janet Shikles, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health, and United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Certification process is ineffective in excluding problem agencies (The Office ;, 1997), by Leslie G. Aronovitz, United States Senate Special Committee on Aging, and United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reducing fraud and abuse can save billions, Medicare (The Office ;, 1995), by Sarah F. Jaggar, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, United States House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, and United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Home health cost growth and administration's proposal for prospective payment (The Office ;, 1997), by William Scanlon, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee Health and the Environment, and United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cost growth and proposals to manage it through prospective payment and other controls (The Office ;, 1997), by William Scanlon, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance, and United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Procedures for avoiding excessive rental payments for durable medical equipment under Medicare should be modified : report to the Chairman, Committee on Finance, United States Senate. (GAO, 1985), by United States General Accounting Office and United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance (page images at HathiTrust)
• Home health agencies with high visit rates skew averages (The Office ;, 1997), by Education United States. General Accounting Office. Health (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proposal for a home health prospective payment system (The Office ;, 1997), by Education United States. General Accounting Office. Health (page images at HathiTrust)
• Setting payment rates through competitive bidding (The Office ;, 1997), by Education United States. General Accounting Office. Health (page images at HathiTrust)
• Private payer strategies suggest options to reduce rapid spending growth (The Office ;, 1996), by Janet Shikles, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health, and United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Medicare : reimbursement policies can influence the setting and cost of chemotherapy : report to the Chairman, Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate (The Office ;, 1992), by United States General Accounting Office and United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance (page images at HathiTrust)
• Medicare : millions in end-stage renal disease expenditures shifted to employer health plans : report to Congressional committees (The Office ;, 1992), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Medicare payments for currently covered prescription drugs : hearing before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, October 3, 2002. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2003), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health (page images at HathiTrust)
• Medicare's financial crisis : hearing before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session, April 10, 2003. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2003), by United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Health care spending and the Medicare program : a data book (Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, 1998), by Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Importance of prevention in curing Medicare. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2006), by United States Senate Special Committee on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)
• Improving quality in Medicare : the role of value-based purchasing : hearing before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, July 27, 2005. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2005), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prescription drug pricing and negotiation : overview and economic perspectives for the Medicare prescription drug benefit : hearing before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, January 11, 2007. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2007), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance (page images at HathiTrust)
• Medicare Advantage and the federal budget : hearing before the Committee on the Budget, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, hearing held in Washington, DC, June 28, 2007. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget (page images at HathiTrust)
• Medicare's DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program : hearing before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, May 6, 2008. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2009), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health (page images at HathiTrust)
• Medicare balance billing limits : has the promise been fulfilled? : hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, second session, Washington, DC, April 7, 1992. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1992), by United States Senate Special Committee on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prescription drug benefit in the Medicare program : hearing before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, March 22 and 29, 2000. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2001), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prescription drugs and Medicare financing : hearings before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, first session, March 22 and April 24, 2001. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2001), by United States Senate Special Committee on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)
• Medicare home health agencies : certification process ineffective in excluding problem agencies : report to the Special Committee on Aging, U.S. Senate (The Office, 1997), by United States General Accounting Office and United States Senate Special Committee on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)
• Medicare and federal budget : hearing before the Committee on the Budget, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, hearing held in Washington, DC, May 8, 2002. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2002), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prescription drug benefit in the Medicare program : hearing before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, March 22 and 29, 2000. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2001), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prescription drugs and Medicare financing : hearings before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, first session, March 22 and April 24, 2001. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2001), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance (page images at HathiTrust)
• Promoting disease management in Medicare : hearing before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, April 16, 2002. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2002), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health (page images at HathiTrust)
• IPAB : the controversial consequences for Medicare and senior : hearing before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, July 13, 2011. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2012), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cutting waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid : hearing before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, September 22, 2010. (Washington : U.S. Government Printing Office, 2013., 2013), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health (page images at HathiTrust)
• Medicare's competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment : implications for quality, cost and access : hearing before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, September 15, 2010. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 2013., 2013), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health (page images at HathiTrust)
• A time for solutions : finding consensus in the Medicare reform debate : hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, Washington, DC, October 12, 2011 (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2012), by United States Senate Special Committee on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reducing drug costs to Medicare (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2011), by United States Senate Special Committee on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)
• The fiscal consequences of the health care law : hearing before the Committee on the Budget, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, hearing held in Washington, DC, January 26, 2011 (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2011), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget (page images at HathiTrust)
• Millions can be saved by screening claims for overused services (The Office ;, 1996), by United States General Accounting Office and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Impact of interim payment system and agency closures on access to services (The Office, 1998), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Medicare services provided to residents of skilled nursing facilities. (Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, 1994), by United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General (page images at HathiTrust)
• Payment for durable medical equipment billed during skilled nursing facility stays. (Dept of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, 1994), by United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General (page images at HathiTrust)
• Delivery system reform : progress report from CMS : hearing before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, first session, February 28, 2013. ([publisher not identified], 2013), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance (page images at HathiTrust)
• Advancing reform : Medicare physicians payments : hearing before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, first session, May 14, 2013. ([publisher not identified], 2013), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance (page images at HathiTrust)
• Strengthening Medicare for seniors : understanding the challenges of traditional Medicare's benefit design : hearing before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, first session, April 11, 2013. ([publisher not identified], 2013), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and United States House. Committee on Energy and Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Medicare Choice (Washington, D.C. (P.O. Box 37050, Washington 20013) : The Office, [2000], 2000), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)

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