Medicare: Provision of Key Preventive Diabetes Services Falls Short of Recommended Levels

GAO discussed its recent report on preventive and monitoring services provided to Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes, focusing on: (1) the extent to which Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes receive recommended levels of preventive and monitoring services; (2) what Medicare health maintenance organizations (HMO) are doing to improve delivery of recommended diabetes services; and (3) the activities that the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) supports to address these service needs for Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes.