Prescription Drug Benefits: Implications for Beneficiaries of Medicare HMO Use of Formularies
HEHS-99-166
Published: Jul 20, 1999. Publicly Released: Jul 20, 1999.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO studied how Medicare health maintenance organizations (HMO) manage drug formularies to control drug expenditures and what the implications are for beneficiaries of these formulary management activities.
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BeneficiariesCommunicationComparative analysisDrugsHealth care cost controlHealth care servicesHealth insuranceHealth maintenance organizationsHealth services administrationMedicare