Medicare: Progress to Date in Implementing Certain Major Balanced Budget Act Reforms
T-HEHS-99-87
Published: Mar 17, 1999. Publicly Released: Mar 17, 1999.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the implementation and impact of the Medicare provisions in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA), focusing on: (1) the Medicare Choice program, particularly the payment method and consumer information efforts; and (2) prospective payment systems (PPS) for skilled nursing facilities (SNF) and home health agencies (HHA) in Medicare's traditional fee-for-service program.
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