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Medicare: HCFA Faces Multiple Challenges to Prepare for the 21st Century

T-HEHS-98-85 Published: Jan 29, 1998. Publicly Released: Jan 29, 1998.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) ability to meet growing program management challenges, focusing on: (1) HCFA's new authorities under recent Medicare legislation; (2) HCFA managers' views on the agency's capacity to carry out various Medicare-related functions; and (3) the actions HCFA needs to take to accomplish its objectives over the next several years.

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