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Excessive Respiratory Therapy Cost and Utilization Data Used in Setting Medicare's Prospective Payment Rates

HRD-84-90 Published: Sep 28, 1984. Publicly Released: Sep 28, 1984.
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GAO examined the accuracy of the data used by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to compute Medicare rates payed to hospitals.

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Health Care
Cost controlDatabasesMedicareHealth care costsMedical services ratesHospitalsTherapyDiagnosis related groupsOxygenPatient care