Medicare : use of preventive services could be better aligned with clinical recommendations : report to congressional requesters.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicare--Economic aspects--United States.

Medicare.

Medicine, Preventive--Government policy--United States.

Medicine, Preventive.

Medicare--economics.

Preventive Health Services.

United States.

Medicare--Economic aspects.

Medicine, Preventive--Government policy.

Medical Subjects:

Medicare--economics.

Preventive Health Services.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv, 67 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Use of preventive services could be better aligned with clinical recommendations

Medicare preventive services

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2012]

Summary:

Preventive care services have the potential to improve health outcomes and lower health care expenditures. This report examines (1) whether preventive service use by Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) beneficiaries aligns with recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), (2) use of the Welcome to Medicare (WTM) exam and its association with use of preventive services, (3) preventive service use in Medicare Advantage (MA) relative to FFS, and (4) service use among MA health maintenance organizations (HMO) and efforts by high-performing HMOs to encourage preventive care. To do this, GAO selected eight preventive services that had Task Force or ACIP guidelines for the general Medicare population. GAO analyzed the most recently available data from Medicare claims, a beneficiary survey, and MA plan ratings. GAO also interviewed representatives of selected HMOs.

Notes:

Title from title caption (viewed on Apr. 11, 2012).

"January 2012."

Includes bibliographical references.

"GAO-12-81."

OCLC:

785426111