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Medicare Home Health Benefit: Impact of Interim Payment System and Agency Closures on Access to Services

HEHS-98-238 Published: Sep 09, 1998. Publicly Released: Sep 09, 1998.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed: (1) the potential impact of the Medicare home health services interim payment system on home health agencies; (2) the number, distribution, and effect of recent home health agency closures; and (3) whether the interim payment system could be affecting beneficiaries' access to services, particularly for beneficiaries who are expensive to serve.

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