GAO Issues Report on Medicare Fee-For-Service
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What GAO Found: "The
- The number of suppliers furnishing rate-adjusted items in non-bid areas in 2017 decreased 11 percent compared to 2016. This followed an 8 percent decrease in 2016--the first year adjusted rates were in effect--compared to 2015 and continued a trend of annual decreases in non-bid areas that averaged 8 percent per year going back to at least 2011.
- The number of beneficiaries receiving at least one rate-adjusted item in non-bid areas in 2017 decreased 2 percent compared to 2016. This followed a decrease of less than half of 1 percent between 2015 and 2016."
Why GAO Did This Study: "To achieve Medicare DME savings, CMS began implementing the CBP in 2011 in certain geographic areas. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act required CMS to use CBP information to adjust fee-for-service payment rates for certain DME items in non-bid areas. On
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What GAO Recommends: "GAO is not making any recommendations."
The text of the GAO report is available at https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-19-153R?utm_campaign=usgao_email&utm_content=daybook&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
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