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REPORTNUM: HEHS-95-54W
TITLE: Health, Education, Employment, Social Security, Welfare,
and Veterans Reports: Five-Year Report 1990-94
DATE: 01/95
SUBJECT: Health care services
Health care programs
Educational programs
Drug treatment
Employment or training programs
Federal social security programs
Welfare benefits
Veterans benefits
Military personnel
Pensions
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Health, Education, and Human
Services Division Reports
January 1995
HEALTH
EDUCATION
EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL SECURITY
WELFARE
VETERANS
FIVE-YEAR REPORT
1990-94
GAO/HEHS-95-54W
Abbreviations
=============================================================== ABBREV
AFDC - Aid to Families with Dependent Children
AIDS - acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDR - continuing disability review
CHAMPUS - Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed
Services
CRS - Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress
DEA - Drug Enforcement Agency
DC - District of Columbia
DOD - Department of Defense
DODDS - DOD Dependents Schools
DOE - Department of Energy
EEO - Equal Employment Opportunity
EEOC - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
ERISA - Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
ESEA - Elementary and Secondary Education Act
FDA - Food and Drug Administration
GAO - General Accounting Office
HEAF - Higher Education Assistance Foundation, Department of
Education
HEHS - Health, Education, and Human Services Division, GAO
HCFA - Health Care Financing Administration
HealthPASS - Philadelphia Accessible Services System
HHS - Department of Health and Human Services
HMO - health maintenance organization
HRD - Human Resources Division, GAO
INS - Immigration and Naturalization Service
IRS - Internal Revenue Service
JOBS - Job Opportunities and Basic Skills program
JTPA - Job Training Partnership Act
NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement
NAFTA/TAA - NAFTA/Trade Adjustment Assistance
NAGB - National Assessment Governing Board, Department of Education
OBRA - Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990
PBGC - Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation
PFIA - Pension Funding Improvement Act of 1993
PPA - Pension Protection Act
PATH - Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness
SBA - Small Business Administration
SBHC - school-based health center
SEA - state education agency
SSA - Social Security Administration
SSI - Supplemental Security Income
UMWA - United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund
VA - Department of Veterans Affairs
VHA - Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration
VAMC - Veterans Affairs Medical Center
WARN - Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
WHD - Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division
WIC - Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and
Children
PREFACE
============================================================ Chapter 0
The General Accounting Office (GAO), an arm of the Congress, was
established to independently audit government agencies. GAO's
Health, Education, and Human Services (HEHS) Division reviews the
government's health, education, employment, social security,
disability, welfare, and veterans programs administered in the
Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, Education, Veterans
Affairs, and some other agencies.
This booklet lists the GAO products issued on these programs during
the five years from January 1990 through December 1994. It is
organized chronologically by subject as shown in the table of
contents. When appropriate, products may be included in more than
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You may obtain single copies of the products free of charge, by
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Janet L. Shikles
Assistant Comptroller General
HEALTH
(COMPREHENSIVE
5-YEAR LISTING)
============================================================ Chapter 1
ACCESS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:1
Health Care: Federal and State Antitrust Actions Concerning the
Health Care Industry (Report, 8/5/94, GAO/HEHS-94-220).
Health Professions Education: Role of Title VII/VIII Programs in
Improving Access to Care Is Unclear (Report, 7/8/94,
GAO/HEHS-94-164).
Health Reform: Purchasing Cooperatives Have an Increasing Role in
Providing Access to Insurance (Testimony, 6/30/94,
GAO/T-HEHS-94-196). Report on same topic (5/31/94, GAO/HEHS-94-142).
Primary Care Physicians: Managing Supply in Canada, Germany, Sweden,
and the United Kingdom (Report, 5/18/94, GAO/HEHS-94-111).
Health Care Access: Innovative Programs Using Nonphysicians (Report,
8/27/93, GAO/HRD-93-128).
Nonprofit Hospitals: For-Profit Ventures Pose Access and Capacity
Problems (Report, 7/22/93, GAO/HRD-93-124).
Organ Transplants: Increased Effort Needed to Boost Supply and
Ensure Equitable Distribution of Organs (Report, 4/22/93,
GAO/HRD-93-56). Testimony on same topic (4/22/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-17).
Indian Health Service: Basic Services Mostly Available; Substance
Abuse Problems Need Attention (Report, 4/9/93, GAO/HRD-93-48).
Health Care: Rochester's Community Approach Yields Better Access,
Lower Costs (Report, 1/29/93, GAO/HRD-93-44).
Emergency Departments: Unevenly Affected by Growth and Change in
Patient Use (Report, 1/4/93, GAO/HRD-93-4).
District of Columbia: Barriers to Medicaid Enrollment Contribute to
Hospital Uncompensated Care (Report, 12/29/92, GAO/HRD-93-28).
Bone Marrow Transplants: National Program Has Greatly Increased Pool
of Potential Donors (Report, 11/4/92, GAO/HRD-93-11).
Access to Health Care: States Respond to Growing Crisis (Report,
6/16/92, GAO/HRD-92-70). Testimony on same topic (6/9/92,
GAO/T-HRD-92-40).
Federally Funded Health Services: Information on Seven Programs
Serving Low- Income Women and Children (Report, 5/28/92,
GAO/HRD-92-73FS).
Access to Health Insurance: States Attempt to Correct Problems in
Small Business Health Insurance Market (Report, 5/14/92,
GAO/HRD-92-90). Testimony on same topic (5/14/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-30).
Small Group Market Reforms: Assessment of Proposals to Make Health
Insurance More Readily Available to Small Businesses (Letter,
3/12/92, GAO/HRD-92-27R).
Hispanic Access to Health Care: Significant Gaps Exist (Report,
1/15/92, GAO/PEMD-92-6). Testimony on same topic (9/19/91,
GAO/T-PEMD- 91-13).
Rural Hospitals: Closures and Issues of Access (Testimony, 9/4/91,
GAO/T- HRD-91-46).
EMPLOYEE AND RETIREE HEALTH
BENEFITS
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:2
Early Retiree Health: Health Security Act Would Shift Billions in
Costs to Federal Government (Report, 7/21/94, GAO/HEHS-94-203FS).
Retiree Health Plans: Health Benefits Not Secure Under
Employer-Based System (Report, 7/9/93, GAO/HRD-93-125).
Family and Medical Leave Cost Estimate (Letter, 2/1/93,
GAO/HRD-93-14R).
Federal Health Benefits Program: Analysis of Contingency and Special
Reserves (Report, 12/4/92, GAO/GGD-93-26).
Employee Benefits: Financing Health Benefits of Coal Industry
Retirees (Report, 7/22/92, GAO/HRD-92-137FS).
Employee Benefits: Financing Health Benefits of Retired Coal Miners
(Report, 7/22/92, GAO/HRD-92-130FS).
Federal Health Benefits Program: Open Season Processing Timeliness
(Report, 7/8/92, GAO/GGD-92-122BR).
Information on Federal Health Benefits Costs (Letter, 6/23/92,
GAO/GGD-92-18R).
Federal Health Benefits Program (Letter, 5/4/92, GAO/GGD-92-11R).
Summary Information on Farmworkers (Letter, 4/10/92, GAO/HRD-92-30R).
Federal Health Benefits Program: Stronger Controls Needed to Reduce
Administrative Costs (Testimony, 3/11/92, GAO/T-GGD-92-20). Report
with same title (2/12/92, GAO/GGD-92-37).
Hired Farmworkers: Health and Well-Being at Risk (Report, 2/14/92,
GAO/HRD-92-46).
Employee Benefits: Effect of Bankruptcy on Retiree Health Benefits
(Report, 8/30/91, GAO/HRD-91-115).
Farmworkers Face Gaps in Protection and Barriers to Benefits
(Testimony, 7/17/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-40).
Fraud and Abuse: Stronger Controls Needed in Federal Employees
Health Benefits Program (Report, 7/16/91, GAO/GGD-91-95).
Retiree Health: Company-Sponsored Plans Facing Increased Costs and
Liabilities (Testimony, 5/6/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-25).
Employee Benefits: Improvements Needed in Enforcing Health Insurance
Continuation Requirements (Report, 12/18/90, GAO/HRD-91-37).
Employee Benefits: Trends in Retiree Health Coverage (Testimony,
7/27/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-51).
Employee Benefits: Extent of Multiemployer Plan Retiree Health
Coverage (Report, 7/17/90, GAO/HRD-90-132).
Employee Benefits: Extent of Companies' Retiree Health Coverage
(Report, 3/28/90, GAO/HRD-90-92).
Black Lung Program: Further Improvements Can Be Made in Claims
Adjudication (Report, 3/21/90, GAO/HRD-90-75).
FINANCING
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:3
German Health Reforms: Changes Result in Lower Health Costs in 1993
(Report, 12/16/94, GAO/HEHS-95-27).
Health Care: Employers Urge Hospitals to Battle Costs Using
Performance Data Systems (Report, 10/3/94, GAO/HEHS-95-1).
Hospital Compensation: Nationally Representative Data on Chief
Executives' Compensation (Report, 8/16/94, GAO/HEHS-94-189).
Health Insurance For The Elderly: Owning Duplicate Policies Is
Costly and Unnecessary (Report, 8/3/94, GAO/HEHS-94-185).
Indian Health Service: Efforts to Recruit Health Care Professionals
(Report, 7/7/94, GAO/HEHS-94-180FS).
Health Care: Antitrust Enforcement Under Maryland Hospital All-Payer
System (Report, 4/27/94, GAO/HEHS-94-81).
Blue Cross and Blue Shield: Experiences of Weak Plans Underscore the
Role of Effective State Oversight (Report, 4/13/94, GAO/HEHS-94-71).
Medigap Loss Ratios, First 2 Years (Letter, 4/4/94,
GAO/HEHS-94-131R).
Medical Review Saving (Letter, 2/28/94, GAO/HEHS-94-93R).
Medigap Insurance: Insurers' Compliance With Federal Minimum Loss
Ratio Standards, 1988-91 (Report, 2/7/94, GAO/HEHS-94-47).
Health Insurance Regulation: Wide Variation in States' Authority,
Oversight, and Resources (Report, 12/27/93, GAO/HRD-94-26).
Testimony on same topic (11/5/93, GAO/T-HRD-94-55).
Hospitals: Chief Executives' Compensation (Testimony, 12/7/93,
GAO/T- HRD-94-70).
Health Insurance: California Public Employees' Alliance Has Reduced
Recent Premium Growth (Report, 11/22/93, GAO/HRD-94-40).
1993 German Health Reforms: Initiatives Tighten Cost Controls
(Testimony, 10/13/93, GAO/T-HRD-94-2). Report on same topic (7/7/93,
GAO/HRD-93-103).
1993 German Health Reforms: New Cost Control Initiatives (Report,
7/7/93, GAO/HRD-93-103). Testimony on same topic (10/13/93,
GAO/T-HRD-94-2).
Health Insurance: Remedies Needed to Reduce Losses From Fraud and
Abuse (Testimony, 3/8/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-8).
Health Insurance: Legal and Resource Constraints Complicate Efforts
to Curb Fraud and Abuse (Testimony, 2/4/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-3). Report
on same topic (5/7/92, GAO/HRD-92-69). Testimony on same topic
(5/7/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-29).
Health Care: Rochester's Community Approach Yields Better Access,
Lower Costs (Report, 1/29/93, GAO/HRD-93-44).
Removal of Breast Implants (Letter, 12/7/92, GAO/HRD-93-5R).
Bone Marrow Transplants: National Program Has Greatly Increased Pool
of Potential Donors (Report, 11/4/92, GAO/HRD-93-11).
Trauma Care Reimbursement: Poor Understanding of Losses and Coverage
for Undocumented Aliens (Report, 10/15/92, GAO/PEMD-93-1).
Employer-Based Health Insurance: High Costs, Wide Variation Threaten
System (Report, 9/22/92, GAO/HRD-92-125).
Hospital Costs: Adoption of Technologies Drives Cost Growth (Report,
9/9/92, GAO/HRD-92-120).
State Health Care Reform: Federal Requirements Influence State
Reforms (Testimony, 9/9/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-55). Report on same topic
(6/16/92, GAO/HRD-92- 70). Testimony on same topic (6/9/92,
GAO/T-HRD-92-40).
Health Insurance: More Resources Needed to Combat Fraud and Abuse
(Testimony, 7/28/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-49).
Federally Funded Health Services: Information on Seven Programs
Serving Low- Income Women and Children (Report, 5/28/92,
GAO/HRD-92-73FS).
Access to Health Insurance: States Attempt to Correct Problems in
Small Business Health Insurance Market (Report, 5/14/92,
GAO/HRD-92-90). Testimony on same topic (5/14/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-30).
Health Insurance: Vulnerable Payers Lose Billions to Fraud and Abuse
(Report, 5/7/92, GAO/HRD-92-69). Testimony on same topic (5/7/92,
GAO/T-HRD-92- 29).
Insurer Failures: Life/Health Insurer Insolvencies and Limitations
of State Guaranty Funds (Testimony, 4/28/92, GAO/T-GGD-92-15).
Report on same topic (3/19/92, GAO/GGD-92-44).
Early Intervention: Federal Investments Like WIC Can Produce Savings
(Report, 4/7/92, GAO/HRD-92-18).
Maternal and Child Health: Block Grant Funds Should be Distributed
More Equitably (Report, 4/2/92, GAO/HRD-92-5).
Health Care: Problems and Potential Lessons for Reform (Testimony,
3/27/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-23).
Small Group Market Reforms: Assessment of Proposals to Make Health
Insurance More Readily Available to Small Businesses (Letter,
3/12/92, GAO/HRD-92-27R).
Medigap Insurance: Insurers Whose Loss Ratios Did Not Meet Federal
Minimum Standards in 1988-89 (Report, 2/28/92, GAO/HRD-92-54).
Health Care Spending: Nonpolicy Factors Account for Most State
Differences (Report, 2/13/92, GAO/HRD-92-36).
Budget Issues: 1991 Budget Estimates: What Went Wrong (Report,
1/15/92, GAO/OCG-92-1).
Health Care Spending Control: The Experience of France, Germany, and
Japan (Report, 11/15/91, GAO/HRD-92-9). French and German
translations available (11/15/91, GAO/HRD-92-9ES). Testimony on same
topic (11/19/91, GAO/T-HRD-92-12).
Off-Label Drugs: Reimbursement Policies Constrain Physicians in
Their Choice of Cancer Therapies (Report, 9/27/91, GAO/PEMD-91-14).
Managed Care: Oregon Program Appears Successful But Expansion Should
Be Implemented Cautiously (Testimony, 9/16/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-48).
Rural Hospitals: Closures and Issues of Access (Testimony, 9/4/91,
GAO/T- HRD-91-46).
Nonprofit Hospitals: Better Standards Needed for Tax Exemption
(Testimony, 7/10/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-43). Report on same topic
(5/30/90, GAO/HRD-90-84). Testimony on same topic (6/28/90,
GAO/T-HRD-90-45).
Private Health Insurance: Problems Caused by a Segmented Market
(Report, 7/2/91, GAO/HRD-91-114). Testimony on same topic (5/2/91,
GAO/T-HRD-91-21).
U.S. Health Care Spending: Trends, Contributing Factors, and
Proposals for Reform (Report, 6/10/91, GAO/HRD-91-102). French and
German translations available (6/10/91, GAO/HRD-91-102). Testimony
on same topic (4/17/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-16).
Canadian Health Insurance: Lessons for the United States (Report,
6/4/91, GAO/HRD-91-90). Testimony on same topic (6/4/91,
GAO/T-HRD-91-35).
Trauma Care: Lifesaving System Threatened by Unreimbursed Costs and
Other Factors (Report, 5/17/91, GAO/HRD-91-57).
Retiree Health: Company-Sponsored Plans Facing Increased Costs and
Liabilities (Testimony, 5/6/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-25).
Workers at Risk: Increased Numbers in Contingent Employment Lack
Insurance, Other Benefits (Report, 3/8/91, GAO/HRD-91-56).
Medigap Insurance: Better Consumer Protection Should Result From
1990 Changes to Baucus Amendment (Report, 3/5/91, GAO/HRD-91-49).
Rural Hospitals: Federal Efforts Should Target Areas Where Closures
Would Threaten Access to Care (Report, 2/15/91, GAO/HRD-91-41).
Health Insurance Coverage: A Profile of the Uninsured in Selected
States (Report, 2/8/91, GAO/HRD-91-31FS).
Employee Benefits: Improvements Needed in Enforcing Health Insurance
Continuation Requirements (Report, 12/18/90, GAO/HRD-91-37).
Budget Issues: Effects of the Fiscal Year 1990 Sequester on the
Department of Health and Human Services (Report, 8/9/90,
GAO/HRD-90-156FS).
Rural Hospitals: Factors That Affect Risk of Closure (Report,
6/19/90, GAO/HRD-90-134).
Rural Hospitals: Federal Leadership and Targeted Programs Needed
(Report, 6/12/90, GAO/HRD-90-67).
Medigap Insurance: Proposals for Regulatory Changes and 1988 Loss
Ratio Data (Testimony, 6/6/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-35).
Health Insurance: Availability and Adequacy For Small Businesses
(Testimony, 6/5/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-33). Testimony on same topic
(10/16/89, GAO/T- HRD-90-2).
Health Insurance: A Profile of the Uninsured in Michigan and the
United States (Report, 5/31/90, GAO/HRD-90-97).
Health Insurance: Cost Increases Lead to Coverage Limitations and
Cost Shifting (Report, 5/22/90, GAO/HRD-90-68).
Medigap Insurance: Premiums and Regulatory Changes After Repeal of
the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act and 1988 Loss Ratio Data
(Testimony, 3/13/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-16).
Medigap Insurance: Expected 1990 Premiums After Repeal of the
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act (Testimony, 2/2/90,
GAO/T-HRD-90-11). Testimony on same topic (1/8/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-9).
HEALTH CARE REFORM RELATED
ISSUES
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:4
Health Care Reform: "Report Cards" Are Useful but Significant Issues
Need to Be Addressed (Report, 9/29/94, GAO/HEHS-94-219).
Health Care Reform: Considerations for Risk Adjustment Under
Community Rating (Report, 9/22/94, GAO/HEHS-94-173).
Small Business: SBA's Health Care Reform Activities (Report, 9/6/94,
GAO/RCED-94-240).
Early Retiree Health: Health Security Act Would Shift Billions in
Costs to Federal Government (Report, 7/21/94, GAO/HEHS-94-203FS).
Health Security Act: Analysis of Veterans' Health Care Provisions
(Report, 7/15/94, GAO/HEHS-94-205FS).
Health Care Reform: Potential Difficulties in Determining
Eligibility for Low- Income People (Report, 7/11/94,
GAO/HEHS-94-176).
Veterans' Health Care: Efforts to Make VA Competitive May Create
Significant Risks (Testimony, 6/29/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-197).
Health Reform: Purchasing Cooperatives Have an Increasing Role in
Providing Access to Insurance (Testimony, 6/30/94,
GAO/T-HEHS-94-196). Report on same topic (5/31/94, GAO/HEHS-94-142).
Federal Administrative Costs Under Health Security Act (Letter,
6/15/94, GAO/HEHS-94-187R).
Health Care Reform: Proposals Have Potential to Reduce
Administrative Costs (Report, 5/31/94, GAO/HEHS-94-158).
Health Care Reform: School-Based Health Centers Can Promote Access
to Care (Report, 5/13/94, GAO/HEHS-94-166).
VA and the Health Security Act (Letter, 5/9/94, GAO/HEHS-94-159R).
VA Health Care Reform: Financial Implications of the Proposed Health
Security Act (Testimony, 5/5/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-148).
Health Care Alliances: Issues Relating to Geographic Boundaries
(Report, 4/8/94, GAO/HEHS-94-139). Testimony on same topic (2/24/94,
GAO/T-HEHS-94-108).
Health Care Reform: How Proposals Address Fraud and Abuse
(Testimony, 3/17/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-124).
Health Care in Hawaii: Implications for National Reform (Testimony,
3/16/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-123). Report on same topic (2/11/94,
GAO/HEHS-94-68).
Health Care Reform: Supplemental and Long-Term Care Insurance
(Testimony, 11/9/93, GAO/T-HRD-94-58).
Health Insurance: How Health Care Reform May Affect State Regulation
(Testimony, 11/5/93, GAO/T-HRD-94-55).
Veterans' Health Care: Potential Effects of Health Financing Reforms
on Demand for VA Services (Testimony, 3/31/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-12).
Veterans' Health Care: Potential Effects of Health Reforms on VA
Construction (Testimony, 3/3/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-7).
Transition Series: Health Care Reform (Report, 12/92,
GAO/OCG-93-8TR).
State Health Care Reform: Federal Requirements Influence State
Reforms (Testimony, 9/9/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-55). Report on same topic
(6/16/92, GAO/HRD-92-70). Testimony on same topic (6/9/92,
GAO/T-HRD-92-40).
Health Care: Problems and Potential Lessons for Reform (Testimony,
3/27/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-23).
HHS PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
AGENCIES
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:5
Food and Drug Administration: Carrageenan Food Additive From the
Philippines Conforms to Regulations (Report, 8/2/94,
GAO/HEHS-94-141).
FDA User Fees: Current Measures Not Sufficient for Evaluating Effect
on Public Health (Report, 7/22/94, GAO/PEMD-94-26).
FDA Regulation: Compliance by Dietary Supplement and Conventional
Food Establishments (Report, 6/13/94, GAO/HEHS-94-134).
FDA Drug Enforcement Actions (Letter, 5/6/94, GAO/HEHS-94-136R).
Safe Medical Devices (Letter, 2/10/94, GAO/HEHS-94-86R).
FDA Safety Devices (Letter, 2/2/94, GAO/HEHS-94-90R).
CDC Activities Are Appropriate and Non-Duplicative (Letter, 8/30/93,
GAO/HRD-93-32R).
FDA Regulation of Dietary Supplements (Letter, 7/2/93,
GAO/HRD-93-28R).
Hospital Sterilants: Insufficient FDA Regulation May Pose a Public
Health Risk (Report, 6/14/93, GAO/HRD-93-79).
Alleged Lobbying Activities: Office for Substance Abuse Prevention
(Report, 5/4/93, GAO/HRD-93-100).
FDA Premarket Approval: Process of Approving Lodine as a Drug
(Report, 4/12/93, GAO/HRD-93-81).
Public Health Service: Evaluation Set-Aside Has Not Realized Its
Potential to Inform the Congress (Report, 4/8/93, GAO/PEMD-93-13).
Health and Human Services Issues (Report, 12/92, GAO/OCG-93-20TR).
Women's Health: FDA Needs to Ensure More Study of Gender Differences
in Prescription Drug Testing (Report, 10/29/92, GAO/HRD-93-17).
Food Safety and Quality: FDA Strategy Needed to Address Animal Drug
Residues in Milk (Report, 8/5/92, GAO/RCED-92-209).
Over the Counter Drugs: Gaps and Potential Vulnerabilities in the
Regulatory System (Testimony, 4/28/92, GAO/T-PEMD-92-8). Report on
same topic (1/10/92, GAO/PEMD-92-9).
Nonprescription Drugs: Over the Counter and Underemphasized
(Testimony, 4/8/92, GAO/T-PEMD-92-5).
FDA Premarket Approval: Process of Approving Olestra as a Food
Additive (Report, 4/7/92, GAO/HRD-92-86).
FDA Premarket Approval: Process of Approving Ansaid as a Drug
(Report, 4/7/92, GAO/HRD-92-85).
FDA Regulations: Sustained Management Attention Needed to Improve
Timely Issuance (Testimony, 4/1/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-19). Report with
same title (2/21/92, GAO/HRD-92-35).
HHS Staff for Board and Care Issues (Letter, 4/1/92, GAO/HRD-92-29R).
Medical Technology: Implementing the Good Manufacturing Practices
Regulations (Testimony, 3/25/92, GAO/T-PEMD-92-6). Report on same
topic (2/13/92, GAO/PEMD-92-10).
Medical Technology: Quality Assurance Needs Stronger Management
Emphasis and Higher Priority (Report, 2/13/92, GAO/PEMD-92-10).
Food Safety and Quality: FDA Needs Stronger Controls Over the
Approval Process for New Animal Drugs (Report, 1/17/92,
GAO/RCED-92-63).
Freedom of Information: FDA's Program and Regulations Need
Improvement (Report, 10/11/91, GAO/HRD-92-2).
Food Safety and Quality: Existing Detection and Control Programs
Minimize Aflatoxin (Report, 5/22/91, GAO/RCED-91-109).
FDA Could Do More to Ensure the Safety of Bottled Water (Testimony,
4/10/91, GAO/T-RCED-91-29).
Food Safety and Quality: FDA Surveys Not Adequate to Demonstrate
Safety of Milk Supply (Report, 11/1/90, GAO/RCED-91-26).
Food Tampering: Legal Authority Adequate to Deal with Threats
(Report, 10/31/90, GAO/HRD-91-20).
Food Tampering: FDA's Actions on Chilean Fruit Based on Sound
Evidence (Report, 9/6/90, GAO/HRD-90-164).
Agent Orange Studies: Poor Contracting Practices at Centers for
Disease Control Increased Costs (Report, 9/28/90, GAO/GGD-90-122BR).
Food and Drug Administration: GAO's Perspective (Testimony, 7/11/90,
GAO/T- HRD-90-47).
Medical Device Problem Reporting: A Case Study of a Home Apnea
Monitor (Testimony, 7/17/90, GAO/T-PEMD-90-10). Report on same topic
(5/31/90, GAO/PEMD- 90-17).
National Institutes of Health: Problems in Implementing Policy on
Women in Study Populations (Testimony, 7/24/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-50).
Testimony on same topic (6/18/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-38).
Food Irradiation: Federal Requirements and Monitoring (Report,
5/3/90, GAO/HRD-90-118).
FDA Drug Review: Postapproval Risks 1976-1985 (Report, 4/26/90,
GAO/PEMD- 90-15).
Cosmetics Regulation: Information on Voluntary Actions Agreed to by
FDA and the Industry (Report, 3/13/90, GAO/HRD-90-58).
Management of HHS: Using the Office of the Secretary to Enhance
Departmental Effectiveness (Report, 2/9/90, GAO/HRD-90-54).
LONG-TERM CARE
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:6
Long-Term Care: Diverse, Growing Population Includes Millions of
Americans of All Ages (Report, 11/7/94, GAO/HEHS-95-26).
Long-Term Care Reform: States' Views on Key Elements of
Well-Designed Programs for the Elderly (Report, 9/6/94,
GAO/HEHS-94-227).
Long-Term Care: Other Countries Tighten Budgets While Seeking Better
Access (Report, 8/30/94, GAO/HEHS-94-154).
Medicaid Long-Term Care: Successful State Efforts to Expand Home
Services While Limiting Costs (Report, 8/11/94, GAO/HEHS-94-167).
Survey of Long-Term Care for the Elderly (Letter, 7/21/94,
GAO/HEHS-94- 214R).
Long-Term Care Reform: Program Eligibility, States' Service
Capacity, and Federal Role in Reform Need More Consideration
(Testimony, 4/14/94, GAO/T- HEHS-94-144).
Long-Term Care: The Need for Geriatric Assessment in Publicly Funded
Home and Community-Based Programs (Testimony, 4/14/94,
GAO/T-PEMD-94-20).
Long-Term Care: Demography, Dollars, and Dissatisfaction Drive
Reform (Testimony, 4/12/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-140).
Long-Term Care: Status of Quality Assurance and Measurement in Home
and Community Based Services (Report, 3/31/94, GAO/PEMD-94-19).
Long-Term Care: Support for Elder Care Could Benefit the Government
Workplace and the Elderly (Report, 3/4/94, GAO/HEHS-94-64).
Long-Term Care: Private Sector Elder Care Could Yield Multiple
Benefits (Report, 1/31/94, GAO/HEHS-94-60).
Health Care Reform: Supplemental and Long-Term Care Insurance
(Testimony, 11/9/93, GAO/T-HRD-94-58).
Long-Term Care Insurance: High Percentage of Policyholders Drop
Policies (Report, 8/25/93, GAO/HRD-93-129).
VA Health Care: Potential for Offsetting Long-Term Care Costs
Through Estate Recovery (Report, 7/27/93, GAO/HRD-93-68).
Long-Term Care Forum (Discussion Paper, 7/13-14/93, GAO/HRD-93-1-SP).
Long-Term Care Insurance: Tax Preferences Reduce Costs More for
Those in Higher Tax Brackets (Report, 6/22/93, GAO/GGD-93-110).
Massachusetts Long-Term Care (Letter, 5/17/93, GAO/HRD-93-22R).
Long-Term Care Case Management: State Experiences and Implications
for Federal Policy (Report, 4/6/93, GAO/HRD-93-52).
Long-Term Care Insurance Partnerships (Letter, 9/25/92,
GAO/HRD-92-44R).
Long-Term Care Insurance: Actions Needed to Reduce Risks to
Consumers (Testimony, 6/23/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-44). Reports on same
topic (3/27/92, GAO/HRD- 92-66 and 12/26/91, GAO/HRD-92-14).
Testimonies on same topic (5/20/92, GAO/T- HRD-92-31 and 4/11/91,
GAO/T-HRD-91-14).
HHS Staff for Board and Care Issues (Letter, 4/1/92, GAO/HRD-92-29R).
Long-Term Care Insurance: Better Controls Needed in Sales to People
With Limited Financial Resources (Report, 3/27/92, GAO/HRD-92-66).
Board and Care Homes: Medication Mishandling Places Elderly at Risk
(Testimony, 3/13/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-16). Report on same topic (2/7/92,
GAO/HRD-92-45).
Long-Term Care Insurance: Consumers Lack Protection in a Developing
Market (Testimony, 10/24/91, GAO/T-HRD-92-5).
Long-Term Care: Projected Needs of the Aging Baby Boom Generation
(Report, 6/14/91, GAO/HRD-91-86).
Long-Term Care Insurance: Risks to Consumers Should Be Reduced
(Testimony, 4/11/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-14).
Long-Term Care Insurance: Proposals To Link Private Insurance and
Medicaid Need Close Scrutiny (Testimony, 9/14/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-55).
Long-Term Care Insurance: Proposals to Link Private Insurance and
Medicaid Need Close Scrutiny (Testimony, 9/14/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-55).
Report on same topic (9/10/90, GAO/HRD-90-154).
Respite Care: An Overview of Federal, Selected State and Private
Programs (Report, 9/6/90, GAO/HRD-90-125).
Nursing Homes: Admission Problems for Medicaid Recipients and
Attempts to Solve Them (Report, 9/5/90, GAO/HRD-90-135).
VA Health Care: Improvements Needed in Nursing Home Planning
(Report, 6/12/90, GAO/HRD-90-98).
Respite Care: An Overview of Federal, Selected State, and Private
Programs (Report, 9/6/90, GAO/HRD-90-125).
MALPRACTICE
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:7
Medical Malpractice Insurance Options (Letter, 2/28/94,
GAO/HEHS-94-105R).
Medical Malpractice: Maine's Use of Practice Guidelines to Reduce
Costs (Report, 10/25/93, GAO/HRD-94-8).
Medical Malpractice: Estimated Savings and Costs of Federal
Insurance at Health Centers (Report, 9/24/93, GAO/HRD-93-130).
Medical Malpractice: Medicare/Medicaid Beneficiaries Account for a
Relatively Small Percentage of Malpractice Losses (Report, 8/11/93,
GAO/HRD-93-126).
Medical Malpractice: Experience With Efforts to Address Problems
(Testimony, 5/20/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-24).
Health Information Systems: National Practitioner Data Bank
Continues to Experience Problems (Report, 1/29/93, GAO/IMTEC-93-1).
Practitioner Data Bank: Information on Small Medical Malpractice
Payments (Report, 7/7/92, GAO/IMTEC-92-56).
Medical Malpractice: Alternatives to Litigation (Report, 1/10/92,
GAO/HRD-92-28).
Medical Malpractice: Data on Claims Needed to Evaluate Health
Centers' Insurance Alternatives (Report, 5/2/91, GAO/HRD-91-98).
Medical Malpractice: Few Claims Resolved Through Michigan's
Voluntary Arbitration Program (Report, 12/27/90, GAO/HRD-91-38).
Medical Malpractice: A Continuing Problem With Far-Reaching
Implications (Testimony, 4/26/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-24).
MANAGED CARE
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:8
Managed Health Care: Effect on Employers' Costs Difficult to Measure
(Testimony, 2/2/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-91). Report on same topic
(10/19/93, GAO/HRD-94-3).
Managed Health Care: Effect on Employers' Costs Difficult to Measure
(Report, 10/19/93, GAO/HRD-94-3).
Medicaid Managed Care: Healthy Moms, Healthy Kids--A New Program for
Chicago (Report, 9/7/93, GAO/HRD-93-121).
Defense Health Care: Lessons Learned From DOD's Managed Health Care
Initiative (Testimony, 5/10/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-21).
Medicaid: HealthPASS--An Evaluation of a Managed Care Program for
Certain Philadelphia Recipients (Report, 5/7/93, GAO/HRD-93-67).
Medicaid: States Turn to Managed Care to Improve Access and Control
Costs (Report, 3/17/93, GAO/HRD-93-46). Testimony on same topic
(3/17/93, GAO/T- HRD-93-10).
Medicaid: Factors to Consider in Managed Care Programs (Testimony,
6/29/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-43).
Medicaid: Oregon's Managed Care Program and Implications for
Expansions (Report, 6/19/92, GAO/HRD-92-89).
Medicaid: Factors to Consider in Expanding Managed Care Programs
(Testimony, 4/10/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-26).
Medicare: Third Status Report on Medicare Insured Group
Demonstration Projects (Report, 1/29/92, GAO/HRD-92-53).
Medicare: HCFA Needs to Take Stronger Actions Against HMOs Violating
Federal Standards (Testimony, 11/15/91, GAO/T-HRD-92-11). Report
with same title (11/12/91, GAO/HRD-92-11).
Managed Care: Oregon Program Appears Successful But Expansion Should
Be Implemented Cautiously (Testimony, 9/16/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-48).
Medicare: PRO Review Does Not Assure Quality of Care Provided by
Risk HMOs (Testimony, 3/13/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-12). Report on same
topic.
Quality of Care Provided Medicaid Recipients by Chicago-Area HMOs
(Testimony, 9/14/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-54).
Medicaid: Oversight of Health Maintenance Organizations in the
Chicago Area (Report, 8/27/90, GAO/HRD-90-81).
Medicare: Second Status Report on Medicare Insured Group
Demonstration Projects (Report, 6/6/90, GAO/HRD-90-117).
Medicare: GAO Views on Medicare Payments to Health Maintenance
Organizations (Testimony, 5/8/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-27).
MEDICARE AND MEDICAID
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:9
Medicare Part B: Regional Variation in Denial Rates for Medical
Necessity (Report, 12/19/94, GAO/PEMD-95-10). Testimony on same
topic (12/19/94, GAO/T- PEMD-95-11).
Veterans' Health Care: Use of VA Services by Medicare-Eligible
Veterans (Report, 10/24/94, GAO/HEHS-95-13).
Medicare: Referrals to Physician-Owned Imaging Facilities Warrant
HCFA's Scrutiny (Report, 10/20/94, GAO/HEHS-95-2).
Medicare: Changes to HMO Rate Setting Method Are Needed to Reduce
Program Costs (Report, 9/2/94, GAO/HEHS-94-119).
Medicaid: Changes in Best Price for Outpatient Drugs Purchased by
HMOs and Hospitals (Report, 8/5/94, GAO/HEHS-94-194FS).
Medicaid Long-Term Care: Successful State Efforts to Expand Home
Services While Limiting Costs (Report, 8/11/94, GAO/HEHS-94-167).
Medicare: HCFA's Contracting Authority for Processing Medicare
Claims (Report, 8/2/94, GAO/HEHS-94-171).
Medicaid: States Use Illusory Approaches to Shift Program Costs to
Federal Government (Report, 8/1/94, GAO/HEHS-94-133).
Medicare: Technology Assessment and Medical Coverage Decisions
(Report, 7/20/94, GAO/HEHS-94-195FS).
Medicare Transportation Benefits (Letter, 7/8/94, GAO/HEHS-94-184R).
Medicare: Shared System Conversion Led to Disruptions in Processing
Maryland Claims (Report, 5/23/94, GAO/HEHS-94-66).
Medicaid Prenatal Care: States Improve Access and Enhance Services,
but Face New Challenges (Report, 5/10/94, GAO/HEHS-94-152BR).
Medicare/Medicaid: Data Bank Unlikely to Increase Collections From
Other Insurers (Report, 5/6/94, GAO/HEHS-94-147). Testimony on same
topic (5/6/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-162).
Medicare: Graduate Medical Education Payment Policy Needs to be
Reexamined (Report, 5/5/94, GAO/HEHS-94-33).
Medicare: Inadequate Review of Claims Payments Limits Ability to
Control Spending (Report, 4/29/94, GAO/HEHS-94-42).
Medicare: Impact of OBRA-90's Dialysis Provision on Providers and
Beneficiaries (Report, 4/25/94, GAO/HEHS-94-65).
Medicare Transaction System (Letter, 4/20/94, GAO/HEHS-94-143R).
Medicare: Beneficiary Liability for Certain Paramedic Services May
Be Substantial (Report, 4/15/94, GAO/HEHS-94-122BR).
Medicare Diagnostic Imaging Rates (Letter, 4/5/94, GAO/HEHS-94-129R).
Medicare Part B: Inconsistent Denial Rates for Medical Necessity
Across Six Carriers (Testimony, 3/29/94, GAO/T-PEMD-94-17).
Los Angeles County Medi-Cal (Letter, 3/18/94, GAO/HEHS-94-116R).
Medicare: Greater Investment in Claims Review Would Save Millions
(Report, 3/2/94, GAO/HEHS-94-35).
Medicaid: A Program Highly Vulnerable to Fraud (Testimony, 2/25/94,
GAO/T- HEHS-94-106).
Medicare: New Claims Processing System Benefits and Acquisition
Risks (Report, 1/25/94, GAO/HEHS/AIMD-94-79).
Medicare and Medicaid: Many Eligible People Not Enrolled in
Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Program (Report, 1/20/94,
GAO/HEHS-94-52).
Medicare/Medicaid Data Bank Issues (Letter, 11/15/93,
GAO/HRD-94-63R).
Medicare: Adequate Funding and Better Oversight Needed to Protect
Benefit Dollars (Testimony, 11/12/93, GAO/T-HRD-94-59).
Medicare: Better Guidance Is Needed To Preclude Inappropriate
General and Administrative Charges (Report, 10/15/93,
GAO/NSIAD-94-13).
HCFA Payment Rate for Erythropoietin (Letter, 10/13/93,
GAO/HRD-94-1R).
Psychiatric Fraud and Abuse: Increased Scrutiny of Hospital Stays is
Needed for Federal Health Programs (Report, 9/17/93, GAO/HRD-93-92).
Medicaid Managed Care: Healthy Moms, Healthy Kids--A New Program for
Chicago (Report, 9/7/93, GAO/HRD-93-121).
Medicaid: Alternatives for Improving the Distribution of Funds to
States (Report, 8/20/93, GAO/HRD-93-112FS).
Medical Malpractice: Medicare/Medicaid Beneficiaries Account for a
Relatively Small Percentage of Malpractice Losses (Report, 8/11/93,
GAO/HRD-93-126).
Medicare Part B: Reliability of Claims Processing Across Four
Carriers (Report, 8/11/93, GAO/PEMD-93-27).
Medicaid Drug Fraud: Federal Leadership Needed to Reduce Program
Vulnerabilities (Report, 8/2/93, GAO/HRD-93-118). Testimony on same
topic (8/2/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-28).
Medicare: Separate Payment for Fitting Braces and Artificial Limbs
Is Not Needed (Report, 7/21/93, GAO/HRD-93-98).
Medicare Physician Payment: Geographic Adjusters Appropriate But
Could Be Improved With New Data (Report, 7/20/93, GAO/HRD-93-93).
Medicaid Estate Planning (Letter, 7/20/93, GAO/HRD-93-29R).
Overhead Costs: Unallowable and Questionable Costs Charged to
Medicare by Hospital Corporation of America (Testimony, 6/23/93,
GAO/T-NSIAD-93-16).
Medicare: Renal Facility Cost Reports Probably Overstate Costs of
Patient Care (Report, 5/18/93, GAO/HRD-93-70).
Medicaid: Data Improvements Needed to Help Manage Health Care
Program (Report, 5/13/93, GAO/IMTEC-93-18).
Medicaid: HealthPASS--An Evaluation of a Managed Care Program for
Certain Philadelphia Recipients (Report, 5/7/93, GAO/HRD-93-67).
Medicaid: The Texas Disproportionate Share Program Favors Public
Hospitals (Report, 4/30/93, GAO/HRD-93-86).
Screening Mammography: Higher Medicare Payments Could Increase Costs
Without Increasing Use (Report, 4/22/93, GAO/HRD-93-50).
Medicare: Physicians Who Invest in Imaging Centers Refer More
Patients for More Costly Services (Testimony, 4/20/93,
GAO/T-HRD-93-14). Report on same topic (5/27/92, GAO/HRD-92-59).
Medicare Secondary Payer Program: Identifying Beneficiaries With
Other Insurance Coverage Is Difficult (Testimony, 4/2/93,
GAO/T-HRD-93-13).
Medicaid Formula Alternatives (Letter, 3/31/93, GAO/HRD-93-18R).
Letter on same topic (3/2/93, GAO/HRD-93-17R).
Medicaid: Outpatient Drug Costs and Reimbursements for Selected
Pharmacies in Illinois and Maryland (Report, 3/18/93,
GAO/HRD-93-55FS).
Medicaid: States Turn to Managed Care to Improve Access and Control
Costs (Report, 3/17/93, GAO/HRD-93-46). Testimony on same topic
(3/17/93, GAO/T- HRD-93-10).
Medicare: Funding and Management Problems Result in Unnecessary
Expenditures (Testimony, 2/17/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-4).
Medicaid: Changes in Drug Prices Paid by HMOs and Hospitals Since
Enactment of Rebate Provisions (Report, 1/15/93, GAO/HRD-93-43).
High-Risk Series: Medicare Claims (Report, 12/92, GAO/HR-93-6).
Medicare: Millions in End-Stage Renal Disease Expenditures Shifted
to Employer Health Plans (Report, 12/31/92, GAO/HRD-93-31).
District of Columbia: Barriers to Medicaid Enrollment Contribute to
Hospital Uncompensated Care (Report, 12/29/92, GAO/HRD-93-28).
Medicaid: Disproportionate Share Policy (Letter, 12/22/92,
GAO/HRD-93-3R).
Removal of Breast Implants (Letter, 12/7/92, GAO/HRD-93-5R).
Medicare: HCFA Monitoring of the Quality of Part B Claims Processing
(Testimony, 9/23/92, GAO/T-PEMD-92-14).
Health Insurance: Medicare and Private Payers Are Vulnerable to
Fraud and Abuse (Testimony, 9/10/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-56).
Medicare: One Scheme Illustrates Vulnerabilities to Fraud (Report,
8/26/92, GAO/HRD-92-76).
D.C. Government: District Medicaid Payments to Hospitals (Report,
8/24/92, GAO/GGD-92-138FS).
Medicaid Prescription Drug Diversion: A Major Problem, But State
Approaches Offer Some Promise (Testimony, 7/29/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-48).
Medicare: Reimbursement Policies Can Influence the Setting and Cost
of Chemotherapy (Report, 7/17/92, GAO/PEMD-92-28).
Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) and Administrative Costs
(Letter, 7/13/92, GAO/HRD-92-38R).
Medicare: Program and Beneficiary Costs Under Durable Medical
Equipment Fee Schedules (Report, 7/7/92, GAO/HRD-92-78).
Medicaid: Factors to Consider in Managed Care Programs (Testimony,
6/29/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-43).
Medicaid: Oregon's Managed Care Program and Implications for
Expansions (Report, 6/19/92, GAO/HRD-92-89).
Medicaid: Ensuring That Noncustodial Parents Provide Health
Insurance Can Save Costs (Report, 6/17/92, GAO/HRD-92-80).
Durable Medical Equipment: Specific HCFA Criteria and Standard Forms
Could Reduce Medicare Payments (Report, 6/12/92, GAO/HRD-92-64).
Medicare: Excessive Payments Support the Proliferation of Costly
Technology (Report, 5/27/92, GAO/HRD-92-59).
Medicare: Contractor Oversight and Funding Need Improvement
(Testimony, 5/21/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-32).
Medicaid: Factors to Consider in Expanding Managed Care Programs
(Testimony, 4/10/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-26).
Medicare: Shared Systems Policy Inadequately Planned and Implemented
(Report, 3/18/92, GAO/IMTEC-92-41). Testimony on same topic
(3/18/92, GAO/T- IMTEC-92-11).
Medicare: Payments for Medically Directed Anesthesia Services Should
be Reduced (Report, 3/3/92, GAO/HRD-92-25).
Medicaid Third-Party Liability (Letter, 3/3/92, GAO/HRD-92-21R).
Medicare: Over $1 Billion Should Be Recovered From Primary Health
Insurers (Report, 2/21/92, GAO/HRD-92-52).
Medicare: Rationale for Higher Payment for Hospital-Based Home
Health Agencies (Report, 1/31/92, GAO/HRD-92-24).
Medicare: Third Status Report on Medicare Insured Group
Demonstration Projects (Report, 1/29/92, GAO/HRD-92-53).
Medicare: HCFA Needs to Take Stronger Actions Against HMOs Violating
Federal Standards (Testimony, 11/15/91, GAO/T-HRD-92-11). Report on
same topic (11/12/91, GAO/HRD-92-11).
Medicare: Effect of Durable Medical Equipment Fee Schedules on Six
Suppliers' Profits (Report, 11/6/91, GAO/HRD-92-22).
Significant Reductions in Corporate Retiree Health Liabilities
Projected if Medicare Eligibility Age Lowered to 60 (Testimony,
11/5/91, GAO/T-HRD-92-7).
Medicare: Millions of Dollars in Mistaken Payments Not Recovered
(Report, 10/21/91, GAO/HRD-92-26).
Medicare: Improper Handling of Beneficiary Complaints of Provider
Fraud and Abuse (Report, 10/2/91, GAO/HRD-92-1). Testimony on same
topic (10/2/91, GAO/T-HRD-92-2).
Medicaid: Changes in Drug Prices Paid by VA and DOD Since Enactment
of Rebate Provisions (Report, 9/18/91, GAO/HRD-91-139).
Health Care: Actions to Terminate Problem Hospitals From Medicare
Are Inadequate (Report, 9/5/91, GAO/HRD-91-54).
Medicare: Information Needed to Assess Payments to Providers
(Report, 8/8/91, GAO/HRD-91-113).
Medicaid Expansions: Coverage Improves but State Fiscal Problems
Jeopardize Continued Progress (Report, 6/25/91, GAO/HRD-91-78).
Substance Abuse Treatment: Medicaid Allows Some Services but
Generally Limits Coverage (Report, 6/13/91, GAO/HRD-91-92).
Medicare: Further Changes Needed to Reduce Program Costs (Testimony,
6/13/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-34). Report on same topic (5/15/91,
GAO/HRD-91-67).
Medicare: Payments for Clinical Laboratory Test Services Are Too
High (Report, 6/10/91, GAO/HRD-91-59).
Medicare: Flawed Data Add Millions to Teaching Hospital Payments
(Report, 6/4/91, GAO/IMTEC-91-31).
Medicaid: Alternatives for Improving the Distribution of Funds
(Report, 5/20/91, GAO/HRD-91-66FS). Testimony on same topic
(12/7/90, GAO/T-HRD-91-5).
Medicare: Variations in Payments to Anesthesiologists Linked to
Anesthesia Time (Report, 4/30/91, GAO/HRD-91-43).
Medicare: HCFA Should Improve Internal Controls Over Part B Advance
Payments (Report, 4/17/91, GAO/HRD-91-81).
Medicaid: HCFA Needs Authority to Enforce Third-Party Requirements
on States (Report, 4/11/91, GAO/HRD-91-60).
Medicare: Millions in Disabled Beneficiary Expenditures Shifted to
Employers (Report, 4/10/91, GAO/HRD-91-24).
Medicare Claims Processing: HCFA Can Reduce the Disruptions Caused
by Replacing Contractors (Report, 4/4/91, GAO/HRD-91-44).
Medicare: Need for Consistent National Payment Policy for Special
Anesthesia Services (Report, 3/13/91, GAO/HRD-91-23).
Medicare: PRO Review Does Not Assure Quality of Care Provided by
Risk HMOs (Testimony, 3/13/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-12). Report on same
topic (3/12/91, GAO/HRD-91- 48).
Medicare: Millions in Potential Recoveries Not Being Sought By
Contractors (Testimony, 2/26/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-8).
Prenatal Care: Early Success in Enrolling Women Made Eligible by
Medicaid Expansions (Report, 2/11/91, GAO/PEMD-91-10).
Medicare: Millions in Potential Recoveries Not Being Sought by
Maryland Contractor (Report, 1/25/91, GAO/HRD-91-32).
Medicaid: Legislation Needed to Improve Collections from Private
Insurers (Report, 11/30/90, GAO/HRD-91-25).
Medicaid: Millions of Dollars Not Recovered From Michigan Blue
Cross/Blue Shield (Report, 11/30/90, GAO/HRD-91-12).
Medicare: Comparison of Two Methods of Computing Home Health Care
Costs Limits (Report, 9/28/90, GAO/HRD-90-167).
Quality of Care Provided Medicaid Recipients by Chicago-Area HMOs
(Testimony, 9/14/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-54).
Long-Term Care Insurance: Proposals to Link Private Insurance and
Medicaid Need Close Scrutiny (Report, 9/10/90, GAO/HRD-90-154).
Nursing Homes: Admission Problems for Medicaid Recipients and
Attempts to Solve Them (Report, 9/5/90, GAO/HRD-90-135).
Medicare: Options to Provide Home Dialysis Aides (Report, 8/31/90,
GAO/HRD- 90-153).
Medicaid: Oversight of Health Maintenance Organizations in the
Chicago Area (Report, 8/27/90, GAO/HRD-90-81).
ADP Systems: HCFA's Failure to Follow Guidelines Makes System
Effectiveness Uncertain (Report, 7/26/90, GAO/IMTEC-90-53).
Medicare: Comparative Analysis of Payments for Selected Hospital
Services (Report, 7/6/90, GAO/HRD-90-108).
HCFA Needs Better Assurance That Hospitals Meet Medicare Conditions
of Participation (Testimony, 6/21/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-44).
Medicare: HCFA Can Reduce Paperwork Burden for Physicians and Their
Patients (Report, 6/20/90, GAO/HRD-90-86).
Medicare: Effects of Budget Reductions on Contractor Program
Safeguard Activities (Testimony, 6/14/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-42).
Medicare: Second Status Report on Medicare Insured Group
Demonstration Projects (Report, 6/6/90, GAO/HRD-90-117).
Medicare: Durable Medical Equipment Fee Schedules Have Widely
Varying Rates (Testimony, 5/22/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-32).
Medicare: Employer Insurance Primary Payer for 11 Percent of
Disabled Beneficiaries (Report, 5/10/90, GAO/HRD-90-79).
Medicare: GAO Views on Medicare Payments to Health Maintenance
Organizations (Testimony, 5/8/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-27).
Medicaid: Sources of Information on Mental Health Services (Report,
5/7/90, GAO/HRD-90-100).
Medicare: Alternatives for Computing Payments for Hospital
Outpatient Surgery (Report, 4/3/90, GAO/HRD-90-78).
Medicare Catastrophic: Roll Back of Premiums on Schedule (Report,
3/16/90, GAO/IMTEC-90-30).
Medicare and Medicaid: More Information Exchange Could Improve
Detection of Substandard Care (Report, 3/7/90, GAO/HRD-90-29).
Medicare Part A Reimbursements: Processing of Appeals is Slow
(Report, 2/9/90, GAO/HRD-90-23BR).
Medicare: Withdrawing Eyeglass Coverage Recommended Following
Cataract Surgery (Report, 2/8/90, GAO/HRD-90-31).
Medicare: Increased Denials of Home Health Claims During 1986 and
1987 (Report, 1/24/90, GAO/HRD-90-14BR).
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
--------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:10
Family Planning Clinics: Strain of Norplant's High Up-Front Costs
Has Subsided (Report, 10/7/94, GAO/HEHS-95-7).
Prescription Drug Prices in France (Letter, 8/12/94,
GAO/HEHS-94-200R).
Prescription Drugs: Automated Prospective Review Systems Offer
Significant Potential Benefits for Medicaid (Report, 8/5/94,
GAO/AIMD-94-130).
Medicaid: Changes in Best Price for Outpatient Drugs Purchased by
HMOs and Hospitals (Report, 8/5/94, GAO/HEHS-94-194FS).
Immunosuppressant Drugs (Letter, 8/1/94, GAO/HEHS-94-207R).
Prescription Drugs: Prices and Regulation in Canada and Europe
(Testimony, 7/27/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-213). Reports on same topic
(5/17/94, GAO/HEHS-94-30; 1/12/94, GAO/HEHS-94-29; and 9/30/92,
GAO/HRD-92-110). Testimony on same topic (2/22/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-5).
Prescription Drugs: Spending Controls in Four European Countries
(Report, 5/17/94, GAO/HEHS-94-30).
Prescription Drugs: Companies Typically Charge More in the United
States Than in the United Kingdom (Report, 1/12/94, GAO/HEHS-94-29).
HCFA Payment Rate for Erythropoietin (Letter, 10/13/93,
GAO/HRD-94-1R).
Medicaid: Outpatient Drug Costs and Reimbursements for Selected
Pharmacies in Illinois and Maryland (Report, 3/18/93,
GAO/HRD-93-55FS).
Prescription Drugs: Companies Typically Charge More in the United
States Than in Canada (Testimony, 2/22/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-5). Report
with same title (9/30/92, GAO/HRD-92-110).
Prescription Drug Prices: Analysis of Canada's Patented Medicine
Prices Review Board (Report, 2/17/93, GAO/HRD-93-51).
Medicaid: Changes in Drug Prices Paid by HMOs and Hospitals Since
Enactment of Rebate Provisions (Report, 1/15/93, GAO/HRD-93-43).
Medicaid Prescription Drug Diversion: A Major Problem, But State
Approaches Offer Some Promise (Testimony, 7/29/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-48).
Prescription Drug Monitoring: States Can Readily Identify Illegal
Sales and Use of Controlled Substances (Report, 7/21/92,
GAO/HRD-92-115).
Pharmaceutical Industry: Tax Benefits of Operating in Puerto Rico
(Report, 5/4/92, GAO/GGD-92-72BR).
Off-Label Drugs: Reimbursement Policies Constrain Physicians in
Their Choice of Cancer Therapies (Report, 9/27/91, GAO/PEMD-91-4).
Medicaid: Changes in Drug Prices Paid by VA and DOD Since Enactment
of Rebate Provisions (Report, 9/18/91, GAO/HRD-91-139).
Prescription Drugs: Selected Direct-to-Consumer Advertising Studies
Have Methodological Flaws (Report, 7/22/91, GAO/PEMD-91-20).
Prescription Drugs: Little Is Known About the Effects of
Direct-to-Consumer Advertising (Report, 7/9/91, GAO/PEMD-91-19).
Off-Label Drugs: Initial Results of a National Survey (Report,
2/25/91, GAO/PEMD-91-12BR).
PROVIDER ISSUES
--------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:11
Medical Education: Curriculum and Financing Strategies Need to
Encourage Primary Care Training (Report, 10/21/94, GAO/HEHS-95-9).
Health Professions Education: Role of Title VII/VIII Programs in
Improving Access to Care Is Unclear (Report, 7/8/94,
GAO/HEHS-94-164).
Primary Care Physicians: Managing Supply in Canada, Germany, Sweden,
and the United Kingdom (Report, 5/18/94, GAO/HEHS-94-111).
Student Loans: Millions Loaned Inappropriately to U.S. Nationals at
Foreign Medical Schools (Report, 1/21/94, GAO/HEHS-94-28).
Health Care: Reduction in Resident Physician Work Hours Will Not Be
Easy to Attain (Report, 11/20/92, GAO/HRD-93-24BR).
Medical Residents: Options Exist to Make Student Loan Payments
Manageable (Report, 11/26/91, GAO/HRD-92-21).
PUBLIC HEALTH AND EDUCATION
--------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:12
Health Care: School-Based Health Centers Can Expand Access for
Children (Report, 12/22/94, GAO/HEHS-95-35).
Vaccines for Children: Major Implementation Hurdles Remain
(Testimony, 7/21/94, GAO/T-PEMD-94-29). Report on same topic
(7/18/94, GAO/PEMD-94-28).
Public Health Services: Agencies Use Different Approaches to Protect
Public Against Disease and Injury (Report, 4/29/94,
GAO/HEHS-94-85BR).
Residential Care: Some High-Risk Youth Benefit, but More Study
Needed (Report, 1/28/94, GAO/HEHS-94-56).
Breastfeeding: WIC's Efforts to Promote Breastfeeding Have Increased
(Report, 12/16/93, GAO/HRD-94-13).
Preventive Health Care for Children: Experience From Selected
Foreign Countries (Report, 8/4/93, GAO/HRD-93-62).
Drug Education: Limited Progress in Program Evaluation (Testimony,
3/31/93, GAO/T-PEMD-93-2).
Childhood Immunization: Opportunities to Improve Immunization Rates
at Lower Cost (Report, 3/24/93, GAO/HRD-93-41). Testimony on same
topic (6/1/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-36).
Community-Based Drug Prevention: Comprehensive Evaluations of
Efforts Are Needed (Report, 3/24/93, GAO/GGD-93-75).
Needle Exchange Programs: Research Suggests Promise as an AIDS
Prevention Strategy (Report, 3/23/93, GAO/HRD-93-60).
Childhood Immunizations (Letter, 2/8/93, GAO/HRD-93-12R).
Integrating Human Services: Linking At-Risk Families With Services
More Successful Than System Reform Efforts (Report, 9/24/92,
GAO/HRD-92-108).
Women's Health Information: HHS Lacks an Overall Strategy
(Testimony, 8/5/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-51).
Health Care: Most Community and Migrant Health Center Physicians
Have Hospital Privileges (Report, 7/16/92, GAO/HRD-92-98).
Foreign Assistance: Combating HIV/AIDS in Developing Countries
(Report, 6/19/92, GAO/NSIAD-92-244).
Toxic Substances: Federal Programs Do Not Fully Address Some Lead
Exposure Issues (Report, 5/15/92, GAO/RCED-92-186).
Early Intervention: Federal Investments Like WIC Can Produce Savings
(Report, 4/7/92, GAO/HRD-92-18).
Diabetes: Status of the Disease Among American Indians, Blacks, and
Hispanics (Testimony, 4/6/92, GAO/T-PEMD-92-7).
Community Health Centers: Administration of Grant Awards Needs
Strengthening (Report, 3/18/92, GAO/HRD-92-51).
Drug Education: Rural Programs Have Many Components and Most Rely
Heavily on Federal Funds (Report, 1/31/92, GAO/HRD-92-34).
AIDS-Prevention Programs: High Risk Groups Still Prove Hard to Reach
(Report, 6/14/91, GAO/HRD-91-52).
Mental Health Grants: Funding Not Distributed in Accordance with
State Needs (Testimony, 5/16/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-32).
Medical Malpractice: Data on Claims Needed to Evaluate Health
Centers' Insurance Alternatives (Report, 5/2/91, GAO/HRD-91-98).
Mentally Ill Inmates: Better Data Would Help Determine Protection
and Advocacy Needs (Report, 4/17/91, GAO/GGD-91-35).
Community Health Centers: Hospitals Can Become Centers Under Certain
Conditions (Report, 3/22/91, GAO/HRD-91-77FS).
Accidental Shootings: Many Deaths and Injuries Caused by Firearms
Could Be Prevented (Report, 3/19/91, GAO/PEMD-91-9).
Indian Health Service: Funding Based On Historical Patterns, Not
Need (Report, 2/21/91, GAO/HRD-91-5).
Home Visiting: A Promising Early Intervention Service Delivery
Strategy (Testimony, 10/2/90, GAO/T-HRD-91-2).
Mental Health Plans: Many States May Not Meet Deadlines for Plan
Implementation (Report, 9/18/90, GAO/HRD-90-142).
National Health Service Corps: Program Unable to Meet Need for
Physicians in Underserved Areas (Report, 8/10/90, GAO/HRD-90-128).
Health Care: Public Health Service Funding of Community Health
Centers in New York City (Report, 8/7/90, GAO/HRD-90-121).
AIDS Education: Programs for Out-of-School Youth Slowly Evolving
(Report, 5/1/90, GAO/HRD-90-111).
AIDS Education: Public School Programs Require More Student
Information and Teacher Training (Report, 5/1/90, GAO/HRD-90-103).
Testimony on same topic (5/3/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-26).
D.C. Government: Status of Transferring Saint Elizabeths Hospital
to the District of Columbia (Report, 3/26/90, GAO/GGD-90-74BR).
Observations on Ohio's Implementation of the Drug Free Schools and
Communities Act of 1986 (Testimony, 2/13/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-12).
QUALITY AND PRACTICE STANDARDS
--------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:13
Breast Conservation versus Mastectomy: Patient Survival in
Day-to-Day Practice and in Randomized Studies (Report, 11/15/94,
GAO/PEMD-95-9).
Health Care Quality: How Does the United States Compare With Other
Countries on Cancer Survival and Access to Bone Marrow
Transplantation? (Testimony, 4/14/94, GAO/T-PEMD-94-21).
Long-Term Care: Status of Quality Assurance and Measurement in Home
and Community Based Services (Report, 3/31/94, GAO/PEMD-94-19).
Cancer Survival: An International Comparison of Outcomes (Report,
3/7/94, GAO/PEMD-94-5).
Bone Marrow Transplantation (Report, 3/7/94, GAO/PEMD-94-10).
Bureau of Prisons Health Care: Inmates' Access to Health Care Is
Limited by Lack of Clinical Staff (Report, 2/10/94, GAO/HEHS-94-36).
VA Health Care: VA Medical Centers Need to Improve Monitoring of
High-Risk Patients (Report, 12/10/93, GAO/HRD-94-27).
Psychiatric Fraud and Abuse: Increased Scrutiny of Hospital Stays is
Needed for Federal Health Programs (Report, 9/17/93, GAO/HRD-93-92).
Medicaid: HealthPASS--An Evaluation of a Managed Care Program for
Certain Philadelphia Recipients (Report, 5/7/93, GAO/HRD-93-67).
Cataract Surgery: Patient-Reported Data on Appropriateness and
Outcomes (Testimony, 4/21/93, GAO/T-PEMD-93-3). Report on same topic
(4/20/93, GAO/PEMD-93-14).
Indian Health Service: Basic Services Mostly Available; Substance
Abuse Problems Need Attention (Report, 4/9/93, GAO/HRD-93-48).
VA Health Care: Medical Centers Are Not Correcting Identified
Quality Assurance Problems (Report, 12/30/92, GAO/HRD-93-20).
Utilization Review: Information on External Review Organizations
(Report, 11/24/92, GAO/HRD-93-22FS).
Health Care: Reduction in Resident Physician Work Hours Will Not be
Easy to Attain (Report, 11/20/92, GAO/HRD-93-24BR).
Home Health Care: HCFA Properly Evaluated JCAHO's Ability to Survey
Home Health Agencies (Report, 10/26/92, GAO/HRD-93-33).
AIDS: CDC's Investigation of HIV Transmissions by a Dentist (Report,
9/29/92, GAO/PEMD-92-31).
Medical Technology: For Some Cardiac Pacemaker Leads, the Public
Health Risks Are Still High (Report, 9/23/92, GAO/PEMD-92-20).
Health Care: Most Community and Migrant Health Center Physicians
Have Hospital Privileges (Report, 7/16/92, GAO/HRD-92-98).
Screening Mammography: Federal Quality Standards Are Needed
(Testimony, 6/5/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-39).
Home Health Care: HCFA Evaluation of Community Health Accreditation
Program Inadequate (Report, 4/20/92, GAO/HRD-92-93).
Cross Design Synthesis: A New Strategy for Medical Effectiveness
Research (Report, 3/17/92, GAO/PEMD-92-18).
Medical Technology: Quality Assurance Needs Stronger Management
Emphasis and Higher Priority (Report, 2/13/92, GAO/PEMD-92-10).
VA Health Care: Compliance With Joint Commission Accreditation
Requirements is Improving (Report, 12/13/91, GAO/HRD-92-19).
Breast Cancer, 1971-91: Prevention, Treatment, and Research (Report,
12/11/91, GAO/PEMD-92-12). Testimony on same topic (12/11/91,
GAO/T-PEMD-92-4).
Screening Mammography: Quality Standards Are Needed in a Developing
Market (Testimony, 10/24/91, GAO/T-HRD-92-3).
Health Care: Actions to Terminate Problem Hospitals From Medicare
Are Inadequate (Report, 9/5/91, GAO/HRD-91-54).
Peace Corps: Long-Needed Improvements to Volunteers' Health Care
System (Report, 7/3/91, GAO/NSIAD-91-213).
Health Care: Hospitals With Quality-of-Care Problems Need Closer
Monitoring (Report, 5/9/91, GAO/HRD-91-40).
Health Care: Limited State Efforts to Assure Quality of Care Outside
Hospitals (Testimony, 4/29/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-20).
Medicare: PRO Review Does Not Assure Quality of Care Provided by
Risk HMOs (Testimony, 3/13/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-12). Report on same
topic (3/12/91, GAO/HRD-91- 48).
Practice Guidelines: The Experience of Medical Specialty Societies
(Report, 2/21/91, GAO/PEMD-91-11).
Medical ADP Systems: Automated Medical Records Hold Promise to
Improve Patient Care (Report, 1/22/91, GAO/IMTEC-91-05).
Information Systems: National Health Practitioner Data Bank Has Not
Been Well Managed (Report, 8/21/90, GAO/IMTEC-90-68).
Medicare Appeals Process: Part B Changes Appear to Be Fulfilling
Their Purpose (Report, 7/16/90, GAO/HRD-90-57).
HCFA Needs Better Assurance That Hospitals Meet Medicare Conditions
of Participation (Testimony, 6/21/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-44).
Health Care: Criteria Used to Evaluate Hospital Accreditation
Process Need Reevaluation (Report, 6/11/90, GAO/HRD-90-89).
Medical Licensing By Endorsement: Requirements Differ for Graduates
of Foreign and U.S. Medical Schools (Report, 5/17/90,
GAO/HRD-90-120).
Infection Control: Military Programs Are Comparable to VA and
Nonfederal Programs but Can Be Enhanced (Report, 4/27/90,
GAO/HRD-90-74).
Medicare and Medicaid: More Information Exchange Could Improve
Detection of Substandard Care (Report, 3/7/90, GAO/HRD-90-29).
Quality Assurance: A Comprehensive National Strategy for Health Care
is Needed (Report, 2/21/90, GAO/PEMD-90-14BR).
Health Care: Limited State Efforts to Assure Quality of Care Outside
Hospitals (Report, 1/30/90, GAO/HRD-90-53).
Screening Mammography: Low Cost Services Do Not Compromise Quality
(Report, 1/10/90, GAO/HRD-90-32).
Basic Elements of an Infection Control Program (Report, 1/90,
GAO/HRD-90- 25).
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND DRUG
TREATMENT
--------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:14
Drug Use Among Youth: No Simple Answers to Guide Prevention (Report,
12/29/93, GAO/HRD-94-24).
Drug Control: Reauthorization of the Office of National Drug Control
Policy (Report, 9/29/93, GAO/GGD-93-144).
Drug Use Measurement: Strengths, Limitations, and Recommendations
for Improvement (Report, 6/25/93, GAO/PEMD-93-18).
Indian Health Service: Basic Services Mostly Available; Substance
Abuse Problems Need Attention (Report, 4/9/93, GAO/HRD-93-48).
Drug Education: Limited Progress in Program Evaluation (Testimony,
3/31/93, GAO/T-PEMD-93-2).
Community-Based Drug Prevention: Comprehensive Evaluations of
Efforts Are Needed (Report, 3/24/93, GAO/GGD-93-75).
Needle Exchange Programs: Research Suggests Promise as an AIDS
Prevention Strategy (Report, 3/23/93, GAO/HRD-93-60).
Prescription Drug Monitoring: States Can Readily Identify Illegal
Sales and Use of Controlled Substances (Report, 7/21/92,
GAO/HRD-92-115).
Employee Drug Testing: Estimated Cost to Test All Executive Branch
Employees and New Hires (Report, 6/10/92, GAO/GGD-92-99).
Drug Control: Difficulties in Denying Federal Benefits to Convicted
Drug Offenders (Report, 4/21/92, GAO/GGD-92-56).
Drug Education: Rural Programs Have Many Components and Most Rely
Heavily on Federal Funds (Report, 1/31/92, GAO/HRD-92-34).
Adolescent Drug Use Prevention: Common Features of Promising
Community Programs (Report, 1/16/92, GAO/PEMD-92-2).
Drug Abuse Research: Federal Funding and Future Needs (Report,
1/14/92, GAO/PEMD-92-5). Testimony on same topic (9/25/91,
GAO/PEMD-T-91-14).
ADMS Block Grant: Drug Treatment Services Could Be Improved by New
Accountability Program (Report, 10/17/91, GAO/HRD-92-27). Testimony
on same topic (10/17/91, GAO/T-HRD-92-4).
Drug Abuse Research: Federal Funding and Future Needs (Testimony,
9/25/91, GAO/T-PEMD-91-14).
Drug Treatment: State Prisons Move to Enhance Treatment (Report,
9/20/91, GAO/HRD-91-128).
Drug Treatment: Despite New Strategy, Few Federal Inmates Receive
Treatment (Report, 9/16/91, GAO/HRD-91-116).
Drug Abuse Prevention: Federal Efforts to Identify Exemplary
Programs Need Stronger Design (Report, 8/22/91, GAO/PEMD-91-15).
Substance Abuse Funding: High Urban Weight Not Justified by
Urban-Rural Differences in Need (Testimony, 6/25/91,
GAO/T-HRD-91-38).
Substance Abuse Treatment: Medicaid Allows Some Services but
Generally Limits Coverage (Report, 6/13/91, GAO/HRD-91-92).
Promising Community Drug Abuse Prevention Programs (Testimony,
5/17/91, GAO/T-PEMD-91-7).
ADMS Block Grant: Women's Set-Aside Does Not Assure Drug Treatment
for Pregnant Women (Report, 5/6/91, GAO/HRD-91-80). Testimony on
same topic (6/20/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-37).
Employee Drug Testing: Status of Federal Agencies' Programs (Report,
5/6/91, GAO/GGD-91-70).
Alcoholism Screening Procedures at VA Medical Centers (Testimony,
4/18/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-15). Report on same topic (3/27/91,
GAO/HRD-91-71).
Drug Abuse: The Crack Cocaine Epidemic: Health Consequences and
Treatment (Report, 1/30/91, GAO/HRD-91-55FS).
Teenage Drug Use: Uncertain Linkages with Either Pregnancy or School
Dropout (Report, 1/15/91, GAO/PEMD-91-3).
Drug Education: School-Based Programs Seen as Useful but Impact
Unknown (Report, 11/28/90, GAO/HRD-91-27). Testimony on same topic
(2/13/90, GAO/T-HRD- 90-12).
Drug Treatment: Targeting Federal Aid Using Urban Population to
Reflect State Differences in Drug Use (Report, 11/27/90,
GAO/HRD-91-17).
Drug Abuse: Research on Treatment May Not Address Current Needs
(Testimony, 10/10/90, GAO/T-HRD-91-3).
Rural Drug Abuse: Prevalence, Relation to Crime, and Programs
(Report, 9/14/90, GAO/PEMD-90-24).
Drug Abuse: Research on Treatment May Not Address Current Needs
(Report, 9/12/90, GAO/HRD-90-114).
Developing a Federal Drug Budget: Implementing the Anti-Drug Abuse
Act of 1988 (Report, 8/23/90, GAO/GGD-90-104).
Drug-Exposed Infants: A Generation at Risk (Testimony, 6/28/90,
GAO/T-HRD- 90-46). Report on same topic (6/28/90, GAO/HRD-90-138).
Illegal Drugs: Observations and Selected Data Concerning Portland,
Maine (Report, 5/14/90, GAO/GGD-90-86).
HHS Cannot Currently Measure States' Programs in Meeting the Prompt
Treatment Goal for Intravenous Drug Users (Testimony, 4/30/90,
GAO/T-HRD-90-25).
Drug Treatment: Some Clinics Not Meeting Goal of Prompt Treatment
for Intravenous Drug Users (Report, 4/30/90, GAO/HRD-90-80BR).
Drug Testing: Action by Certain Agencies When Employees Test
Positive for Illegal Drugs (Report, 4/6/90, GAO/GGD-90-56FS).
Methadone Maintenance: Some Treatment Programs Are Not Effective;
Greater Federal Oversight Needed (Testimony, 3/23/90,
GAO/T-HRD-90-19). Report on same topic (3/22/90, GAO/HRD-90-104).
GAO's Review of USDA's National WIC Evaluation Report and Follow-up
Issues (Testimony, 1/24/90, GAO/T-RCED-90-21).
OTHER HEALTH ISSUES
--------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:15
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON
HEALTH
------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:15.1
Health and Safety: Status of Federal Efforts to Disclose Cold War
Radiation Experiments Involving Humans (Testimony, 12/1/94,
GAO/T-RCED-95-40).
Nuclear Health and Safety: Further Improvement Needed in the Hanford
Tank Farm Maintenance Program (Report, 11/8/94, GAO/RCED-95-29).
Health and Safety: Protecting Workers and the Public Continues to
Challenge DOE (Testimony, 9/22/94, GAO/T-RCED-94-283).
Nuclear Health and Safety: Consensus on Acceptable Radiation Risk to
the Public Is Lacking (Report, 9/19/94, GAO/RCED-94-190).
Electromagnetic Fields: Federal Efforts to Determine Health Effects
Are Behind Schedule (Report, 6/21/94, GAO/RCED-94-115).
Nuclear Health and Safety: Examples of Post World War II Radiation
Releases at U.S. Nuclear Sites (Report, 11/24/93, GAO/RCED-94-51FS).
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (Letter, 2/8/93, GAO/RCED-93-77R).
Nuclear Health and Safety: Mortality Study of Atmospheric Nuclear
Test Participants Is Flawed (Report, 8/10/92, GAO/RCED-92-182).
Toxic Substances: Federal Programs Do Not Fully Address Some Lead
Exposure Issues (Report, 5/15/92, GAO/RCED-92-186).
Nuclear Health and Safety: Increased Rating Results in Award Fee to
Rocky Flats Contractor (Report, 4/24/92, GAO/RCED-92-162).
International Environment: Kuwaiti Oil Fires - Chronic Health Risks
Unknown but Assessments Are Under Way (Report, 1/16/92,
GAO/RCED-92-80BR).
Nuclear Health and Safety: Radiation Events at DOE's Idaho National
Engineering Laboratory (Report, 1/13/92, GAO/RCED-92-64FS).
Reproductive and Developmental Toxicants: Regulatory Actions Provide
Uncertain Protection (Report, 10/2/91, GAO/PEMD-92-3). Testimony on
same topic (10/2/91, GAO/T-PEMD-92-1).
Nuclear Health and Safety: Workers' Compensation Rights Protected at
Hanford (Report, 9/10/91, GAO/RCED-91-203).
Superfund: Public Health Assessments Incomplete and of Questionable
Value (Report, 8/1/91, GAO/RCED-91-178).
Nuclear Health and Safety: Environmental, Health and Safety
Practices at Naval Reactors Facilities (Report, 8/1/91,
GAO/RCED-91-157). Testimony on same topic (4/25/91,
GAO/T-RCED-91-24).
Nuclear Health and Safety: More Attention to Health and Safety
Needed at Pantex (Report, 4/15/91, GAO/RCED-91-103).
Nuclear Safety and Health: Nonconforming Products Are a
Governmentwide Problem (Testimony, 3/6/91, GAO/T-RCED-91-9).
Nuclear Health and Safety: Environmental Problems at DOE's Idaho
Engineering Laboratory (Report, 2/12/91, GAO/RCED-91-56).
Nuclear Health and Safety: Efforts to Strengthen DOE's Health and
Epidemiology Programs (Report, 2/5/91, GAO/RCED-91-57).
Nuclear Safety and Health: Problems With Cleaning Up the Solar Ponds
at Rocky Flats (Report, 1/3/91, GAO/RCED-91-31).
EPA Lacks Assurance That Disinfectants Kill Germs (Testimony,
10/2/90, GAO/T-RCED-91-1). Report on same topic (8/30/90,
GAO/RCED-90-139).
MISCELLANEOUS
------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:15.2
Tax Policy: Pharmaceutical Industry's Use of the Research Tax Credit
(Report, 5/13/94, GAO/GGD-94-139).
Health Care: Benefits and Barriers to Automated Medical Records
(Testimony, 5/6/94, GAO/T-AIMD-94-117).
Tax Policy: Health Insurance Tax Credit Participation Rate Was Low
(Report, 5/2/94, GAO/GGD-94-99).
Automating Medical Information (Letter, 10/22/93, GAO/AIMD-94-47R).
Medical Technology: Quality Assurance Systems and Global Markets
(Report, 8/18/93, GAO/PEMD-93-15).
Federal Health Care: Increased Information Sharing Could Improve
Service, Reduce Costs (Report, 6/29/93, GAO/IMTEC-93-33BR).
Automated Medical Records: Leadership Needed to Expedite Standards
Development (Report, 4/30/93, GAO/IMTEC-93-17).
Health Reports (Bibliography, 12/92, GAO/HRD-93-66).
Health and Human Services Issues (Report, 12/92, GAO/OCG-93-20TR).
Cancer Treatment: Actions Taken to More Fully Utilize the Bark of
Pacific Yews on Federal Land (Report, 8/31/92, GAO/RCED-92-231).
Testimony on same topic (3/4/92, GAO/T-RCED-92-36)
Financial Reporting: Accounting for the Postal Service's
Postretirement Health Care Costs (Report, 5/20/92, GAO/AFMD-92-32).
Financial Audit: U.S. Senate Health Promotion Revolving Fund's
Financial Statements for 1990 (Report, 2/18/92, GAO/AFMD-92-17).
Information Resources: HCFA Must Better Justify Further Data Center
Expansion (Report, 9/5/91, GAO/IMTEC-91-65).
Health Care: Antitrust Issues Relating to Physicians and Third-Party
Payers (Report, 7/10/91, GAO/HRD-91-120).
Health Services: Available Research Shows That Capacity is Only
Weakly Related to Volume (Report, 1/31/91, GAO/PEMD-91-7).
ADP Budget: Analysis of HCFA's Fiscal Year 1991 ADP Budget Request
(Report, 9/28/90, GAO/IMTEC-90-67).
Cost Accounting: Department of Energy's Management of Contractor
Pension and Health Benefit Costs (Report, 8/29/90, GAO/AFMD-90-13).
Minority Health: Information on Activities of HHS's Office of
Minority Health (Report, 6/6/90, GAO/HRD-90-140FS).
EDUCATION
(COMPREHENSIVE
5-YEAR LISTING)
============================================================ Chapter 2
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 2:1
Buyouts at the Department of Education (Letter, 8/17/94,
GAO/GGD-94-197R).
Financial Audit: Federal Family Education Loan Program's Financial
Statements for Fiscal Years 1993 and 1992 (Report, 6/30/94,
GAO/AIMD-94-131).
Student Loans: Millions Loaned Inappropriately to U.S. Nationals at
Foreign Medical Schools (Report, 1/21/94, GAO/HEHS-94-28).
HEAF 1992 Financial Condition (Letter, 6/18/93, GAO/HRD-93-21R).
Direct Student Loans: The Department of Education's Implementation
of Direct Lending (Testimony, 6/10/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-26).
Financial Audit: Federal Family Education Loan Programs' Financial
Statements (Report, 6/30/93, GAO/AIMD-93-4).
Department of Education: Long-Standing Management Problems Hamper
Reforms (Report, 5/28/93, GAO/HRD-93-47).
Systemwide Education Reform: Federal Leadership Could Facilitate
District- Level Efforts (Testimony, 5/4/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-20).
Testimony on same topic (4/30/93, GAO/HRD-93-97).
Transition Series: Education Issues (Report, 12/92, GAO/OCG-93-18TR)
Department of Education Grant Award (Letter, 12/9/92, GAO/HRD-93-8R).
Education's Library: Actions Needed to Improve Usefulness
(Testimony, 3/18/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-18). Report on same topic
(4/11/91, GAO/HRD-91-61).
Department of Education: Monitoring of State Formula Grants by
Office of Special Education Programs (Report, 4/15/91,
GAO/HRD-91-91FS).
Education Grants Management: Management Actions Initiated to Correct
Material Weaknesses (Report, 2/26/91, GAO/HRD-91-72).
Education Regulations: Reasons for Delays in Issuance (Report,
11/15/90, GAO/HRD-91-4BR).
Budget Issues: Effects of the Fiscal Year 1990 Sequester on the
Department of Education (Report, 8/3/90, GAO/HRD-90-150FS).
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 2:2
Early Childhood Programs: Multiple Programs and Overlapping Target
Groups (Report, 10/31/94, GAO/HEHS-95-4FS).
Early Childhood Programs: Many Poor Children and Strained Resources
Challenge Head Start (Report, 5/17/94, GAO/HEHS-94-169BR).
Poor Preschool-Aged Children: Numbers Increase but Most Not in
Preschool (Report, 7/21/93, GAO/HRD-93-111BR).
Remedial Education: Modifying Chapter 1 Formula Would Target More
Funds to Those Most in Need (Report, 7/28/92, GAO/HRD-92-16).
Early Childhood Education: What Are the Costs of High-Quality
Programs? (Report, 1/24/90, GAO/HRD-90-43BR).
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY
EDUCATION
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 2:3
Education Finance: Extent of Federal Funding in State Education
Agencies (Report, 10/14/94, GAO/HEHS-95-3).
Precollege Math and Science Education: Department of Energy's
Precollege Program Managed Ineffectively (Report, 9/13/94,
GAO/HEHS-94-208).
Education Reform: School-Based Management Results in Changes in
Instruction and Budgeting (Report, 8/23/94, GAO/HEHS-94-135).
Hispanics' Schooling: Risk Factors for Dropping Out and Barriers to
Resuming Their Education (Report, 7/24/94, GAO/PEMD-94-24).
Title I Formula in S. 1513 (Letter, 6/7/94, GAO/HEHS-94-190R).
School-Age Children: Poverty and Diversity Challenge Schools
Nationwide (Report, 4/29/94, GAO/HEHS-94-132). Testimony on same
topic (3/16/94, GAO/T- HEHS-94-125).
Regulatory Flexibility in Schools: What Happens When Schools Are
Allowed to Change the Rules (Report, 4/29/94, GAO/HEHS-94-102).
Special Education Reform: Districts Grapple With Inclusion Programs
(Testimony, 4/28/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-160).
Military Dependents' Education: Current Program Information and
Potential Savings in DODDS (Testimony, 4/26/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-155).
GAO Work Related to ESEA of 1965 (Letter, 4/26/94, GAO/HEHS-94-156R).
Immigrant Education: Federal Funding Has Not Kept Pace With Student
Increases (Testimony, 4/14/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-146).
Hispanic Dropouts and Federal Programs (Letter, 4/6/94,
GAO/PEMD-94-18R).
Total Quality Education (Letter, 2/10/94, GAO/HEHS-94-76R).
Elementary School Children: Many Change Schools Frequently, Harming
Their Education (Report, 2/4/94, GAO/HEHS-94-45).
Limited English Proficiency: A Growing and Costly Educational
Challenge Facing Many School Districts (Report, 1/28/94,
GAO/HEHS-94-38).
Rural Children: Increasing Poverty Rates Pose Educational Challenges
(Report, 1/11/94, GAO/HEHS-94-75BR).
School-Linked Human Services: A Comprehensive Strategy for Aiding
Students at Risk of School Failure (Report, 12/30/93, GAO/HRD-94-21).
Food Assistance: Schools That Left the National School Lunch Program
(Report, 12/3/93, GAO/RCED-94-36BR).
Food Assistance: Information on Meal Costs in the National School
Lunch Program (Report, 12/1/93, GAO/RCED-94-32BR).
States' Regulatory Reform Efforts (Letter, 11/3/93, GAO/HRD-94-51R).
School Age Demographics: Recent Trends Pose New Educational
Challenges (Report, 8/5/93, GAO/HRD-93-105BR).
Exchange Programs: Inventory of International Educational, Cultural
and Training Programs (Report, 6/23/93, GAO/NSIAD-93-157BR).
Educational Achievement Standards: NAGB's Approach Yields Misleading
Interpretations (Report, 6/23/93, GAO/PEMD-93-12).
Systemwide Education Reform: Federal Leadership Could Facilitate
District- Level Efforts (Testimony, 5/4/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-20).
Testimony on same topic (4/30/93, GAO/HRD-93-97).
Educational Testing: The Canadian Experience with Standards,
Examinations, and Assessments (Report, 4/28/93, GAO/PEMD-93-11).
School Construction: Sallie Mae Financing Activities (Report,
4/13/93, GAO/HRD-93-61).
Planning for Education Standards (Letter, 4/12/93, GAO/PEMD-93-21R).
Exiting Program Improvement (Letter, 3/30/93, GAO/HRD-93-2R).
Chapter 1 Accountability: Greater Focus on Program Goals Needed
(Report, 3/29/93, GAO/HRD-93-69).
Exchange Programs: Observations on International, Educational,
Cultural and Training Programs (Report, 3/23/93, GAO/NSIAD-93-7).
Compensatory Education: Difficulties in Measuring Comparability of
Resources Within School Districts (Report, 3/11/93, GAO/HRD-93-37).
Compensatory Education: Additional Funds Help More Private School
Students Receive Chapter 1 Services (Report, 2/26/93, GAO/HRD-93-65).
Student Achievement Standards and Testing (Testimony, 2/18/93,
GAO/T-PEMD- 93-1).
Student Testing: Current Extent and Expenditures, With Cost
Estimates for a National Examination (Report, 1/13/93,
GAO/PEMD-93-8). Testimony on same topic (2/18/93, GAO/T-PEMD-93-1).
Department of Education: The Eisenhower Math and Science State Grant
Program (Report, 11/10/92, GAO/HRD-93-25).
Compensatory Education: Most Chapter 1 Funds in Eight Districts Used
for Classroom Services (Report, 9/30/92, GAO/HRD-92-136FS).
Remedial Education: Modifying Chapter 1 Formula Would Target More
Funds to Those Most in Need (Report, 7/28/92, GAO/HRD-92-16).
Within-School Discrimination: Inadequate Title VI Enforcement by the
Office for Civil Rights (Report, 7/22/91, GAO/HRD-91-85). Testimony
on same topic (5/17/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-17).
Immigrant Education: Information on the Emergency Immigrant
Education Act Program (Report, 3/15/91, GAO/HRD-91-50).
Impact Aid: Most School Construction Requests Are Unfunded and
Outdated (Report, 7/12/90, GAO/HRD-90-90).
Special Education: Estimates of Handicapped Indian Preschoolers and
Sufficiency of Services (Report, 3/5/90, GAO/HRD-90-61BR).
Early Childhood Education: What Are the Costs of High-Quality
Programs? (Report, 1/24/90, GAO/HRD-90-43BR).
HIGHER EDUCATION
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 2:4
Women's Educational Equity Act: A Review of Program Goals and
Strategies Needed (Report, 12/27/94, GAO/PEMD-95-6).
College Savings Issues (Report, 11/4/94, GAO/HEHS-95-16R).
Motor Carrier Academy (Letter, 11/2/94, GAO/RCED-95-43R).
Pell Grant Costs (Letter, 9/28/94, GAO/HEHS-94-215R).
Pell Grants for Prison Inmates (Letter, 8/5/94, GAO/HEHS-94-224R).
Delta Teachers Academy (Letter, 5/19/94, GAO/RCED-94-213R).
Higher Education: Grants Effective at Increasing Minorities' Chances
of Graduating (Testimony, 5/17/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-168).
Default Rates at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
(Letter, 3/9/94, GAO/HEHS-94-97R).
Peace Corps: Status of the Educational Assistance Grants
Demonstration Program (Report, 2/25/94, GAO/NSIAD-94-89).
Higher Education: Information on Minority-Targeted Scholarships
(Report, 1/14/94, GAO/HEHS-94-77).
Deaf Education: Improved Oversight Needed for National Technical
Institute for the Deaf (Report, 12/16/93, GAO/HRD-94-23).
Student Financial Aid Programs: Pell Grant Program Abuse (Testimony,
10/27/93, GAO/T-OSI-94-8).
Financial Management: Education's Student Loan Program Controls Over
Lenders Need Improvement (Report, 9/9/93, GAO/AIMD-93-33).
Vocational Rehabilitation: Evidence for Federal Program's
Effectiveness Is Mixed (Report, 8/27/93, GAO/PEMD-93-19).
Student Loans: Default Rates at Historically Black Colleges and
Universities (Report, 8/19/93, GAO/HRD-93-117FS).
Direct Student Loan Savings (Letter, 7/15/93, GAO/HRD-93-25R).
HEAF 1992 Financial Condition (Letter, 6/18/93, GAO/HRD-93-21R).
Direct Student Loans: The Department of Education's Implementation
of Direct Lending (Testimony, 6/10/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-26).
Athletic Department Profiles (Letter, 5/21/93, GAO/HRD-93-24R).
Comments on CRS Direct Loan Report (Letter, 4/29/93, GAO/HRD-93-20R).
Financial Audit: Guaranteed Student Loan Program's Internal Controls
and Structure Need Improvement (Report, 3/16/93, GAO/AFMD-93-20).
Direct Loan Debate (Letter, 2/8/93, GAO/HRD-93-15R).
Sallie Mae Activities (Letter, 12/1/92, GAO/HRD-93-6R).
High Risk Series: Guaranteed Student Loans (Report, 12/92,
GAO/HR-93-2)
Student Loans: Direct Loans Could Save Billions in First 5 Years
With Proper Implementation (Report, 11/25/92, GAO/HRD-93-27).
Guaranty Agency Solvency: Can the Government Recover HEAF's
First-Year Liquidation Cost of $212 Million? (Report, 11/13/92,
GAO/HRD-93-12BR).
Nonfederal Student Loans (Letter, 10/30/92, GAO/HRD-93-1R).
Parent and Supplemental Student Loans: Volume and Default Trends for
Fiscal Years 1989 to 1991 (Report, 9/22/92, GAO/HRD-92-138FS).
Intercollegiate Athletics: Compensation Varies for Selected
Personnel in Athletic Departments (Report, 8/19/92, GAO/HRD-92-121).
Testimony on same topic (4/9/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-25).
Stafford Student Loans: Prompt Payment of Origination Fees Could
Reduce Costs (Report, 7/24/92, GAO/HRD-92-61).
Guaranteed Student Loans: Eliminating Interest Rate Floors Could
Generate Substantial Savings (Report, 7/21/92, GAO/HRD-92-113).
Stafford Student Loan Program: Correspondence Schools' Loan Volume
Declines Sharply (Report, 3/13/92, GAO/HRD-92-62FS).
Student Financial Aid: Most Supplemental Educational Opportunity
Grants Are Awarded to Needy Students (Report, 1/31/92,
GAO/HRD-92-47).
Stafford Student Loans: Lower Subsidy Payments Could Achieve Savings
Without Affecting Access (Report, 1/6/92, GAO/HRD-92-7).
Perkins Student Loans: Options That Could Make the Program More
Financially Independent (Report, 12/12/91, GAO/HRD-92-6).
Medical Residents: Options Exist to Make Student Loan Repayments
Manageable (Report, 11/26/91, GAO/HRD-92-21).
Student Loans: Direct Loans Could Save Money and Simplify Program
Administration (Report, 9/27/91, GAO/HRD-91-144BR). Testimony on
same topic (10/29/91, GAO/T-HRD-92-8).
Student Financial Aid: Education Can Do More to Screen Schools
Before Students Receive Aid (Report, 9/27/91, GAO/HRD-91-145).
Student Loans: Characteristics of Defaulted Borrowers in the
Stafford Student Loan Program (Report, 4/26/91, GAO/HRD-91-82BR).
Testimony on same topic (5/19/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-33).
Perkins Student Loans: Need for Better Controls Over Loans Recovered
From Closed Schools (Report, 3/27/91, GAO/HRD-91-70).
Stafford Student Loans: Millions of Dollars Awarded to Ineligible
Borrowers (Report, 12/12/90, GAO/IMTEC-91-7).
Guaranteed Student Loans: Profits of Secondary Market Lenders Vary
Widely (Report, 9/28/90, GAO/HRD-90-130BR).
Student Loan Lenders: Information on the Activities of the First
Independent Trust Company (Report, 9/25/90, GAO/HRD-90-183FS).
Defaulted Student Loans: Analysis of Defaulted Borrowers at Schools
Accredited by Seven Agencies (Report, 9/12/90, GAO/HRD-90-178FS).
School Accreditation: Activities of Seven Agencies That Accredit
Proprietary Schools (Report, 9/12/90, GAO/HRD-90-179BR).
Supplemental Student Loans: Legislative Changes Have Sharply Reduced
Loan Volume (Report, 8/3/90, GAO/HRD-90-149FS).
Financial Problems in the Stafford Student Loan Program (Report,
7/27/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-52).
Higher Education: Gaps in Parents' and Students' Knowledge of School
Costs and Federal Aid (Testimony, 7/13/90, GAO/PEMD-90-16).
Promising Practice: Private Programs Guaranteeing Student Aid for
Higher Education (Report, 6/22/90, GAO/PEMD-90-16).
Consolidated Student Loans: Borrowers Benefit but Costs to Them and
the Government Grow (Report, 6/15/90, GAO/HRD-90-8).
Guaranteed Student Loans: Credit Bureau Reporting Practices by
Guaranty Agencies and Lenders (Report, 4/9/90, GAO/HRD-90-71BR).
Pell Grants: How the Department of Education Estimates Program Costs
(Report, 2/21/90, GAO/HRD-90-73BR).
Supplemental Student Loans: Who Are the Largest Lenders? (Report,
2/21/90, GAO/HRD-90-72FS).
The Stafford Student Loan Program (Testimony, 2/20/90,
GAO/T-HRD-90-13).
SCHOOL-TO-WORK TRANSITION
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 2:5
Youth Training (Letter, 9/6/94, GAO/PEMD-94-32R).
Transition From School to Work: S. 1361 Addresses Components of
Comprehensive Strategy (Testimony, 9/28/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-31). Report
on same topic (9/7/93, GAO/HRD-93-139).
Vocational Education: Status in 2-Year Colleges in 1990-91 and Early
Signs of Change (Report, 8/16/93, GAO/HRD-93-89).
Vocational Education: Status in School Year 1990-91 and Early Signs
of Change at Secondary Level (Report, 7/13/93, GAO/HRD-93-71).
Skill Standards: Experience in Certification Systems Shows Industry
Involvement to Be Key (Report, 5/18/93, GAO/HRD-93-90). Testimony on
same topic (5/14/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-23).
Systemwide Education Reform: Federal Leadership Could Facilitate
District- Level Efforts (Testimony, 5/4/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-20).
Testimony on same topic (4/30/93, GAO/HRD-93-97).
Apprenticeship Training: Administration, Use, and Equal Opportunity
(Report, 3/4/92, GAO/HRD-92-43).
Student Financial Aid: Characteristics of Jobs Provided Through the
College Work-Study Program (Report, 2/21/92, GAO/HRD-92-72BR).
Training Strategies: Preparing Noncollege Youth for Employment in
the U.S. and Foreign Countries (Report, 5/11/90, GAO/HRD-90-88).
Testimony on same topic (6/14/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-31).
EMPLOYMENT
(COMPREHENSIVE
5-YEAR LISTING)
============================================================ Chapter 3
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 3:1
Equal Employment Opportunity: Immigration and Naturalization
Service's Equal Employment Opportunity Program (Testimony, 11/17/94,
GAO/T-GGD-95-41).
Equal Employment Opportunity: Displacement Rates, Unemployment
Spells, and Reemployment Wages by Race (Report, 9/16/94,
GAO/HEHS-94-229FS).
Federal Affirmative Employment: Better Guidance Needed for Small
Agencies (Report, 7/21/94, GAO/GGD-94-71).
Application of Laws: Comments on the Congressional Accountability
Act--S. 2071 (Testimony, 6/29/94, GAO/T-OGC-94-2).
Employment Discrimination: How Registered Representatives Face
Discrimination (Report, 3/30/94, GAO/HEHS-94-17).
Sex Discrimination: Agencies' Handling of Sexual Harassment and
Related Complaints (Testimony, 3/8/94, GAO/T-OSI-94-22).
Sex Discrimination: DEA's Handling of Sexual Harassment and Other
Complaints (Report, 3/4/94, GAO/OSI-94-10).
EEO at the National Park Service (Letter, 3/3/94, GAO/GGD-94-54R).
EEOC's Expanding Workload: Increases in Age Discrimination and Other
Charges Call for New Approach (Report, 2/9/94, GAO/HEHS-94-32).
Federal Personnel: The EEO Implications of Reductions-In-Force
(Testimony, 2/1/94, GAO/T-GGD-94-87).
Pay Equity: Experiences of Canada and the Province of Ontario
(Report, 11/2/93, GAO/GGD-94-27BR).
EEOC: An Overview (Testimony, 7/27/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-30).
Assessing EEO Progress at INS (Letter, 7/15/93, GAO/GGD-93-54R).
Legislative Employment: EEO Complaint Processing by the Office of
Fair Employment Practices (Testimony, 5/27/93, GAO/T-GGD-93-30).
Federal Employment: Progress of Women and Minorities in Key Federal
Jobs and Handling EEO Complaints at the Bureau of Arms, Tobacco, and
Firearms (Testimony, 5/26/93, GAO/T-GGD-93-33).
Monetary Payments in Federal EEO Cases (Letter, 5/25/93,
GAO/GGD-93-45R).
Information on Black Employment at INS (Letter, 5/17/93,
GAO/GGD-93-44R).
Age Employment Discrimination: EEOC's Investigation of Charges Under
1967 Law (Report, 9/4/92, GAO/HRD-92-82).
Federal Workforce: Continuing Need for Federal Affirmative
Employment (Report, 11/27/91, GAO/GGD-92-27BR). Testimony on same
topic (10/23/91, GAO/T- GGD-92-2).
Women in the Military: Air Force Revises Job Availability but Entry
Screening Needs Review (Report, 8/30/91, GAO/NSIAD-91-199).
Federal Affirmative Action: Better EEOC Guidance and Agency Analysis
of Underrepresentation Needed (Testimony, 5/16/91, GAO/T-GGD-91-32).
Health and Human Services: Hispanic Representation and Equal
Employment Practices in Region VIII (Report, 11/20/90, GAO/HRD-91-6).
EDA: Treatment of Blacks at the Economic Development Administration
in the 1980s (Report, 9/26/90, GAO/HRD-90-148).
Federal Workforce: Selected Sites Cannot Show Fair and Open
Competition for Temporary Jobs (Report, 9/5/90, GAO/GGD-90-106).
Federal Recruiting and Hiring: Making Government Jobs Attractive to
Prospective Employees (Report, 8/22/90, GAO/GGD-90-105).
Immigration Reform: Employer Sanctions and the Question of
Discrimination (Report, 3/29/90, GAO/GGD-90-62). Testimony on same
topic (11/9/89, GAO/T-GGD-90- 9; 3/30/90, GAO/T-GGD-90-31).
Age Discrimination: Use of Age-Specific Provisions in Company Exit
Incentive Programs (Report, 2/27/90, GAO/HRD-90-87BR).
Equal Employment Opportunity: Representation of Minorities and White
Women at Fort Lee Army Post, Virginia (Report, 1/17/90,
GAO/GGD-90-27).
LABOR AND MANAGEMENT RELATIONS
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 3:2
U.S. Postal Service: The State of Labor-Management Relations
(Testimony, 11/30/94, GAO/T-GGD-95-46).
U.S. Postal Service: Labor-Management Problems Persist on the
Workroom Floor (Volume I) (Report, 9/29/94, GAO/GGD-94-201A).
Workplace Regulation: Information on Selected Employer and Union
Experiences (Report, 6/30/94, GAO/HEHS-94-138, vols. I and II).
Federal Trade Commission: Enforcement of the Trade Regulation Rule
on Franchising (Report, 7/13/93, GAO/HRD-93-83).
Transition Series: Labor Issues (Report, 12/92, GAO/OCG-93-19TR).
Minimum Wages and Overtime Pay: Change in Statute of Limitations
Would Better Protect Employees (Report, 9/22/92, GAO/HRD-92-144).
Testimony on same topic (9/22/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-59).
The Federal Labor-Management Relations Program (Testimony, 11/19/91,
GAO/T- GGD-92-8).
Labor-Management Relations: Tennessee Valley Authority Situation
Needs to Improve (Report, 9/26/91, GAO/GGD-91-129).
Federal Labor Relations: A Program in Need of Reform (Report,
7/30/91, GAO/GGD-91-101).
Labor-Management Relations: Construction Agreement at DOE's Idaho
Laboratory Needs Reassessing (Report, 5/23/91, GAO/GGD-91-80BR).
Labor-Management Relations: Firefighters' Concerns About Working
Conditions at Fort Campbell (Report, 3/27/91, GAO/GGD-91-55).
Labor-Management Relations: Strikes and the Use of Permanent Strike
Replacements in the 1970s and 1980s (Report, 1/18/91, GAO/HRD-91-2).
Testimony on the same topic (6/6/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-41; 3/6/91,
GAO/T-HRD-91-9).
National Labor Relations Board: Action Needed to Improve
Case-Processing Time at Headquarters (Report, 1/7/91, GAO/HRD-91-29).
Testimony on same topic (10/3/90, GAO/T-HRD-91-1).
Legal Services Corporation: Grantee Attorneys' Handling of Migrant
Farmworker Disputes (9/24/90, GAO/HRD-90-144).
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT
ASSISTANCE
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 3:3
Dislocated Workers: An Early Look at the NAFTA Transitional
Adjustment Assistance Program (Report, 11/28/94, GAO/HEHS-95-31).
Multiple Employment Training Programs: Basic Program Data Often
Missing (Testimony, 9/8/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-239).
Multiple Employment Training Programs: How Legislative Proposals
Address Concerns (Testimony, 8/4/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-221).
Multiple Employment Training Programs: Overlap Among Programs Raises
Questions About Efficiency (Report, 7/11/94, GAO/HEHS-94-193).
Multiple Employment Training Programs: Conflicting Requirements
Underscore Need for Change (Testimony, 3/10/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-120).
Job Training Partnership Act: Labor Title IV Could Improve Relations
With Native Americans (Report, 3/4/94, GAO/HEHS-94-67).
Multiple Employment Training Programs: Major Overhaul is Needed
(Testimony, 3/3/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-109).
Multiple Employment Training Programs: Most Federal Agencies Do Not
Know If Their Programs Are Working Effectively (Report, 3/2/94,
GAO/HEHS-94-88).
Multiple Employment Training Programs: Overlapping Programs Can Add
Unnecessary Administrative Costs (Report, 1/28/94, GAO/HEHS-94-80).
Multiple Employment Training Programs: Conflicting Requirements
Hamper Delivery of Services (Report, 1/28/94, GAO/HEHS-94-78).
Military Downsizing: Persons Returning to Civilian Life Need More
Help from DOD (Report, 1/21/94, GAO/HEHS-94-39).
Dislocated Workers: A Look Back at the Redwood Employment Training
Programs (Report, 12/13/93, GAO/HRD-94-16BR).
Dislocated Workers: Proposed Re-employment Assistance Program
(Report, 11/12/93, GAO/HRD-94-61).
Dislocated Workers: Trade Adjustment Assistance Program Flawed
(Testimony, 10/19/93, GAO/T-HRD-94-4).
Transition From School to Work: S. 1361 Addresses Components of
Comprehensive Strategy (Testimony, 9/28/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-31). Report
on same topic (9/7/93, GAO/HRD-93-139).
Unemployment Insurance: Program's Ability to Meet Objectives
Jeopardized (Report, 9/28/93, GAO/HRD-93-107).
Vocational Rehabilitation: Evidence for Federal Programs
Effectiveness is Mixed (Report, 8/27/93, GAO/PEMD-93-19).
Multiple Employment Programs: National Employment Training Strategy
Needed (Testimony, 6/18/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-27).
Multiple Employment Programs (Letter, 6/15/93, GAO/HRD-93-26R).
Prisoner Labor: Perspectives on Paying the Federal Minimum Wage
(Report, 5/20/93, GAO/GGD-93-98).
The Job Training Partnership Act: Potential for Program Improvements
but National Job Training Strategy Needed (Testimony, 4/29/93,
GAO/T-HRD-93-18).
Acquisition Management: Waivers to Acquisition Workforce Training,
Education, and Experience Requirements (Report, 3/30/93,
GAO/NSIAD-93-128).
Dislocated Workers: Implementation of the Worker Adjustment and
Retraining Notification Act (WARN) (Testimony, 2/23/93,
GAO/T-HRD-93-6). Report on same topic (2/23/93, GAO/HRD-93-18).
Dislocated Workers: Improvements Needed in Trade Adjustment
Assistance Certification Process (Report, 10/19/92, GAO/HRD-93-36).
Dislocated Workers: Comparison of Assistance Programs (Report,
9/10/92, GAO/HRD-92-153BR). Testimony on same topic (9/10/92, GAO/T-
HRD-92-57).
Job Corps Costs and Outcomes (Letter, 2/19/93, GAO/HRD-93-16R).
Transition Series: Labor Issues (Report, 12/92, GAO/OCG-93-19TR).
The Job Training Partnership Act: Abuse of On-The-Job Training and
Other Contracting Is an Ongoing Problem (Testimony, 7/30/92,
GAO/T-HRD-92-47).
Multiple Employment Programs (Letter, 7/24/92, GAO/HRD-92-39R).
Job Training Partnership Act: Actions Needed to Improve Participant
Support Services (Report, 6/12/92, GAO/HRD-92-124).
Comments on JTPA Bills (Letter, 5/20/92, GAO/HRD-92-35R).
Declining UI Recipiency (Letter, 4/28/92, GAO/HRD-92-34R).
Apprenticeship Training: Administration, Use, and Equal Opportunity
(Report, 3/4/92, GAO/HRD-92-43).
Antirecessionary Job Creation: Lessons From the Emergency Jobs Act
of 1983 (Testimony, 2/6/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-13).
Federal Employment: Job Placement Assistance for Displaced Workers
(Testimony, 12/11/91, GAO/T-GGD-92-6).
Vocational Rehabilitation: Clearer Guidance Could Help Focus
Services on Those With Severe Disabilities (Report, 11/26/91,
GAO/HRD-92-12).
Welfare to Work: States Begin JOBS, but Fiscal and Other Problems
May Impede Their Progress (Report, 9/27/91, GAO/HRD-91-106).
Vocational Rehabilitation: Improved Federal Leadership Could Help
States Focus Services on Those With Severe Handicaps (Testimony,
9/26/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-10).
Job Training Partnership Act: Racial and Gender Disparities in
Services (9/20/91, GAO/HRD-91-148). Testimony on same topic
(7/17/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-42).
Employment Service: Improved Leadership Needed for Better
Performance (Report, 8/6/91, GAO/HRD-91-88). Testimony on same topic
(10/16/90, GAO/T-HRD-91- 4).
Transition From School to Work: Linking Education and Worksite
Training (Report, 8/2/91, GAO/HRD-91-105).
Job Training Partnership Act: Inadequate Oversight Leaves Program
Vulnerable to Waste, Abuse, and Mismanagement (Report, 7/30/91,
GAO/HRD-91-97). Testimony on same topic (5/9/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-28).
Advance Notice: Public and Private Sector Policy and Practice
(Testimony, 4/18/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-19).
Workforce Issues: Employment Practices in Selected Large Private
Companies (Report, 3/13/91, GAO/GGD-91-47).
Targeted Job Tax Credit: Employer Actions to Recruit, Hire, and
Retain Eligible Workers Vary (Report, 2/2/91, GAO/HRD-91-33).
The Urban Underclass: Disturbing Problems Demanding Attention
(Report, 9/90, GAO/HRD-90-52).
Unemployment Insurance: Trust Fund Reserves Inadequate to Meet
Recession Needs (Report, 5/31/90, GAO/HRD-90-124). Testimony on same
topic (2/10/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-7).
Dislocated Workers: Expenditures Under Title III of the Job Training
Partnership Act (Report, 2/23/90, GAO/HRD-90-93FS).
Unemployment Insurance: Comments on H.R. 3896, The Unemployment
Compensation Reform Act of 1990 (Testimony, 2/22/90,
GAO/T-HRD-90-15).
Job Training Partnership Act: Youth Participant Characteristics,
Services, and Outcomes (Report, 1/24/90, GAO/HRD-90-46BR).
Job Training Partnership: Information on Set-Aside Funding for
Assistance to Older Workers (Report, 1/22/90, GAO/HRD-90-59FS).
WORKPLACE QUALITY
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 3:4
Garment Industry: Efforts to Address the Prevalence and Conditions
of Sweatshops (Report, 11/2/94, GAO/HEHS-95-29).
Health and Safety: Protecting Department of Energy Workers' Health
and Safety (Testimony, 3/9/94, GAO/T-RCED-94-143).
Nuclear Health and Safety: Safety and Health Oversight at DOE
Defense Nuclear Facilities (Testimony, 3/1/94, GAO/T-RCED-94-138).
Occupational Safety and Health: Changes Needed in the Combined
Federal-State Approach (Report, 2/28/94, GAO/HEHS-94-10). Testimony
on same topic (10/20/93, GAO/T-HRD-94-3).
Pesticides on Farms: Limited Capability Exists to Monitor
Occupational Illnesses and Injuries (Letter Report, 12/15/93,
GAO/PEMD-94-6).
Aviation Safety: FAA Can Better Prepare General Aviation Pilots for
Mountain Flying Risks (Report, 12/9/93, GAO/RCED-94-15).
Occupational Safety and Health: Differences Between Programs in the
United States and Canada (Report, 12/6/93, GAO/HRD-94-15FS).
U.S.-Mexico Trade: The Work Environment at Eight U.S.-Owned
Maquiladora Auto Parts Plants (Report, 11/1/93, GAO/GGD-94-22).
Occupational Safety and Health: Changes Needed in the Combined
Federal-State Approach (Testimony, 10/20/93, GAO/T-HRD-94-3).
Toxic Substances: Information on Lead Hazards in Child Care
Facilities and Schools is Limited (Testimony, 9/15/93,
GAO/T-RCED-93-48).
Pesticide Reregistration May Not Be Completed Until 2006 (Report,
5/21/93, GAO/RCED-93-94).
Americans With Disabilities Act: Initial Accessibility Good but
Important Barriers Remain (Report, 5/19/93, GAO/PEMD-93-16).
Safety and Health: Key Independent Oversight Program at DOE Needs
Strengthening (Report, 5/17/93, GAO/RCED-93-85).
Nuclear Health and Safety: Corrective Actions on Tigers Teams'
Findings Progressing Slower Than Planned (Report, 3/25/93,
GAO/RCED-93-66).
Mine Safety and Health: Tampering Scandal Led to Improved Sampling
Devices (Report, 2/25/93, GAO/HRD-93-63).
Occupational Safety and Health: Uneven Protections Provided to
Congressional Employees (Report, 10/2/92, GAO/HRD-93-1).
Minimum Wages and Overtime Pay: Change in Statute of Limitations
Would Better Protect Employees (Report, 9/22/92, GAO/HRD-92-144).
Testimony on same topic (9/22/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-59).
Occupational Safety and Health: Improvements Needed in OSHA's
Monitoring of Federal Agencies' Programs (Report, 8/28/92,
GAO/HRD-92-97).
Foreign Farm Workers in U.S.: Department of Labor Action Needed to
Protect Florida Sugar Cane Workers (Report, 6/30/92, GAO/HRD-92-95).
Child Labor: Information on Federal Enforcement Efforts (Report,
6/15/92, GAO/HRD-92-127FS).
Occupational Safety and Health: Worksite Safety and Health Programs
Show Promise (Report, 5/19/92, GAO/HRD-92-68).
Occupational Safety and Health: Options to Improve Hazard-Abatement
Procedures in the Workplace (Report, 5/12/92, GAO/HRD-92-105).
Occupational Safety and Health: Employers' Experiences in Complying
With the Hazard Communication Standard (Report, 5/8/92,
GAO/HRD-92-63BR).
Summary Information on Farmworkers (Letter, 4/10/92, GAO/HRD-92-30R).
Occupational Safety and Health: Penalties for Violations Are Well
Below Maximum Allowable Penalties (Report, 4/6/92, GAO/HRD-92-48).
Child Labor: Work Permit and Death and Injury Reporting Systems in
Selected States (Report, 3/16/92, GAO/HRD-92-44FS).
Occupational Safety and Health: Worksite Safety and Health Programs
Show Promise (Testimony, 2/26/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-15).
Hired Farmworkers: Health and Well-Being at Risk (Report, 2/14/92,
GAO/HRD-92-46).
Occupational Safety & Health: OSHA Action Needed to Improve
Compliance With Hazard Communication Standard (Report, 11/26/91,
GAO/HRD-92-8).
Occupational Safety & Health: Worksite Programs and Committees
(Testimony, 11/5/91, GAO/T-HRD-92-9).
Reproductive and Developmental Toxicants: Regulatory Actions Provide
Uncertain Protection (Report, 10/2/91, GAO/PEMD-92-3).
Managing Workplace Safety and Health in the Petrochemical Industry
(Testimony, 10/2/91, GAO/T-HRD-92-1).
Labor's Child Labor Enforcement Efforts: Developments After
Operation Child Watch (Testimony, 8/7/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-44).
Farmworkers Face Gaps in Protection and Barriers to Benefits
(Testimony, 7/17/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-40).
Occupational Safety and Health and Child Labor Policies of the United
States and Mexico (Testimony, 4/30/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-22).
Child Labor: Characteristics of Working Children (Report, 6/14/91,
GAO/HRD- 91-83BR). Testimony on same topic (3/19/91,
GAO/T-HRD-91-13).
Air Force Depot Maintenance: More Efforts Are Needed to Improve
Safety and Training (Testimony, 5/23/91, GAO/NSIAD-91-89).
OSHA's Oversight of Federal Agency Safety and Health Programs
(Testimony, 5/16/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-31).
U.S.-Mexico Trade: Information on Wages, Fringe Benefits, and
Workers' Rights (Report, 5/10/91, GAO/NSIAD-91-220).
Occupational Safety & Health: OSHA Policy Changes Needed to Confirm
That Employers Abate Serious Hazards (Report, 5/8/91, GAO/HRD-91-35).
Occupational Safety and Health and Child Labor Policies of the United
States and Mexico (Testimony, 4/30/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-22).
Workers At Risk: Increased Numbers in Contingent Employment Lack
Insurance, Other Benefits (Report, 3/8/91, GAO/HRD-91-56).
Occupational Safety & Health: Inspectors' Opinions on Improving OSHA
Effectiveness (Report, 11/14/90, GAO/HRD-91-9FS).
Occupational Safety & Health: Options for Improving Safety and
Health in the Workplace (Report, 8/24/90, GAO/HRD-90-66BR).
Child Labor: Increases in Detected Child Labor Violations Throughout
the United States (Report, 4/30/90, GAO/HRD-90-116). Testimony on
same topic (3/16/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-18).
Nuclear Health and Safety: Status of GAO's Environmental, Safety,
and Health Recommendations to DOE (Report, 4/20/90, GAO/RCED-90-125).
Nuclear Health and Safety: Need for Improved Responsiveness to
Problems at DOE Sites (Report, 3/28/90, GAO/RCED-90-101).
Child Labor Violations and Sweatshops in the U.S. (Testimony,
3/16/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-18).
Workers' Compensation: The Impact of 1984 Amendments on the
Longshore Program (Report, 3/8/90, GAO/HRD-90-76BR).
OTHER EMPLOYMENT ISSUES
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 3:5
Federal Personnel: Federal/Private Sector Pay Comparisons (Report,
12/14/94, GAO/OCE-95-1).
The Public Service: Issues Confronting the Federal Civilian
Workforce (Report, 8/25/94, GAO/GGD-94-157).
Federal Employment: H.R. 4361, Federal Employees Family Friendly
Leave Act (Testimony, 5/18/94, GAO/T-GGD-94-152).
Federal Employment: Impact of the President's Budget on Federal
Employees (Testimony, 3/10/94, GAO/T-GGD-94-108).
Department of Labor: Noncompetitive, Discretionary Grants (Report,
2/22/94, GAO/HEHS-94-9).
Davis-Bacon Act (Letter, 2/7/94, GAO/HEHS-94-95R).
North American Free Trade Agreement: A Focus on the Substantive
Issues (Testimony, 9/21/93, GAO/T-GGD-93-44). Report on same topic
(9/9/93, GGD-93-137).
U.S.-Mexico Trade: The Maquiladora Industry and U.S. Employment
(Report, 7/20/93, GAO/GGD-93-129).
The Public Service: Issues Confronting the Federal Civilian
Workforce (Report, 3/16/93, GAO/GGD-93-53).
The Changing Workforce: Comparison of Federal and Nonfederal
Work/Family Programs and Approaches (Report, 4/23/92, GAO/GGD-92-84).
Labor's Child Labor Enforcement Efforts: Developments After
Operation Child Watch (Testimony, 8/7/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-44).
Federal Workforce: Inappropriate Use of Experts and Consultants at
Selected Civilian Agencies (Report, 7/17/91, GAO/GGD-91-99).
NASA Personnel: Shortages of Scientists and Engineers Due to
Retirements Unlikely in the 1990s (Report, 6/17/91,
GAO/NSIAD-91-185).
Federal Personnel: Review of Evaluation of Personnel Demonstration
Project at Commerce (Report, 5/14/91, GAO/GGD-91-93).
Federal Pay: Private Sector Salary Differences by Locality (Report,
4/29/91, GAO/GGD-91-63FS).
Workforce Issues: Employment Practices in Selected Large Private
Companies (Report, 3/13/91, GAO/GGD-91-47).
Employee Financial Disclosure: CFTC System Affords Reasonable
Protection Against Conflicts of Interest (Report, 11/7/90,
GAO/GGD-91-13).
Pay and Benefits: Data on Energy Employees Who Retired or Resigned
in Fiscal Year 1989 (Report, 10/25/90, GAO/GGD-91-14BR).
Pay For Performance: State and International Public Sector Pay For
Performance Systems (Report, 10/12/90, GAO/GGD-91-1).
Performance Management: How Well Is the Government Dealing With Poor
Performers? (Report, 10/2/90, GAO/GGD-91-7).
Employee Financial Disclosure: Farm Credit Administration System Is
Generally Operating Effectively (Report, 9/27/90, GAO/GGD-90-115).
Federal Pay--Special Rates: Effect on Recruitment and Retention for
Selected Clerical Occupations (Report, 9/24/90, GAO/GGD-90-118).
Federal Pay: Comparisons With the Private Sector by Job and Locality
(Report, 5/15/90, GAO/GGD-90-81FS).
Federal Personnel: Observations on the Navy's Managing to Payroll
Program (Report, 3/27/90, GAO/GGD-90-47).
Federal White-Collar Employee Salary Reform (Testimony, 3/21/90,
GAO/T-GGD- 90-27).
Export Promotion: Personnel Management Issues in the U.S. and
Foreign Commercial Service (Report, 3/16/90, GAO/NSIAD-90-51).
Federal White-Collar Employee Salary Reform (Testimony, 3/14/90,
GAO/T-GGD-90-22).
Personnel Practices: The Department of Energy's Use of Schedule C
Appointment Authority (Report, 3/8/90, GAO/GGD-90-61).
Workers' Compensation: The Impact of 1984 Amendments on the
Longshore Program (Report, 3/8/90, GAO/HRD-90-76BR).
Personnel Practices: Questionable Personnel Practices at the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service (Report, 1/23/90, GAO/GGD-90-43).
Federal Employees: Commerce Department's Reclassification of Three
Managerial Positions (Report, 1/18/90, GAO/GGD-90-41).
SOCIAL SECURITY, DISABILITY, AND
WELFARE
(COMPREHENSIVE
5-YEAR LISTING)
============================================================ Chapter 4
AGING
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 4:1
Aging Issues: Related GAO Reports and Activities in Fiscal Year 1994
(Report, 12/29/94, GAO/HEHS-95-44).
Survey of Long-Term Care for the Elderly (Letter, 7/21/94,
GAO/HEHS-94- 214R).
Older Americans Act: Funding Formula Could Better Reflect State
Needs (Report, 5/12/94, GAO/HEHS-94-41).
Older Americans Act: The National Eldercare Campaign (Report,
2/23/94, GAO/PEMD-94-7).
Older Americans Act: Title III Funds Not Distributed According to
Statute (Report, 1/18/94, GAO/HEHS-94-37).
Aging Issues: Related GAO Reports and Activities in Fiscal Year 1993
(Report, 12/22/93, GAO/HRD-94-73).
Older Americans Act: Eldercare Partnerships Generate Few Additional
Funds for Public Services (Testimony, 5/27/93, GAO/T-PEMD-93-4).
Older Americans Act: Eldercare Public-Private Partnerships (Report,
4/16/93, GAO/PEMD-93-20).
Rental Housing: Serving the Elderly Through the Section 8 Program
(Report, 3/29/93, GAO/RCED-93-12FS).
Aging Issues: Related GAO Reports and Activities in Fiscal Year 1992
(Report, 12/23/92, GAO/HRD-93-57).
Public Housing: Housing Persons With Mental Disabilities With the
Elderly (Report, 8/12/92, GAO/RCED-92-81).
Supportive Housing: HUD Is Not Assessing the Needs of Elderly
Residents (Testimony, 8/12/92, GAO/T-PEMD-92-12).
Elderly Americans: Nutrition Information is Limited and Guidelines
Are Lacking (Testimony, 7/30/92, GAO/T-PEMD-92-11).
Public/Private Elder Care Partnerships: Balancing Benefit and Risk
(Testimony, 7/9/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-45). Report on same topic (7/7/92,
GAO/HRD-92- 94).
Elderly Americans: Health, Housing, and Nutrition Gaps Between the
Poor and Nonpoor (Report, 6/24/92, GAO/PEMD-92-29). Testimony on
same topic (6/24/92, GAO/T-PEMD-92-10).
Aging Issues: Related GAO Reports and Activities in Fiscal Year 1991
(Report, 12/17/91, GAO/HRD-92-57).
Administration on Aging: More Federal Action Needed to Promote
Service Coordination for the Elderly (Report, 9/23/91,
GAO/HRD-91-45).
Services for the Elderly: Longstanding Transportation Problems Need
More Federal Attention (Report, 8/29/91, GAO/HRD-91-117).
Access to and Utilization of the Ombudsman Program Under the Older
Americans Act (Testimony, 6/13/91, GAO/T-PEMD-91-11).
The Administration on Aging: Harmonizing Growing Demands and
Shrinking Resources (Testimony, 6/12/91, GAO/T-PEMD-91-9).
Effectiveness of Reporting Laws and Other Factors in Identifying,
Preventing, and Treating Elder Abuse (Testimony, 5/15/91,
GAO/T-HRD-91-27).
Adequacy of the Administration on Aging's Provision of Technical
Assistance for Targeting Services Under the Older Americans Act
(Testimony, 4/25/91, GAO/T-PEMD-91-3).
Elder Abuse: Effectiveness of Reporting Laws and Other Factors
(Report, 4/24/91, GAO/HRD-91-74).
Administration on Aging: More Federal Action Needed to Promote
Service Coordination for the Elderly (Report, 4/23/91,
GAO/HRD-91-45).
Tax-Exempt Bonds: Retirement Center Bonds Were Risky and Benefited
Moderate-Income Elderly (Report, 3/29/91, GAO/GGD-91-50).
Minority Participation in Administration on Aging Programs
(Testimony, 3/15/91, GAO/T-PEMD-91-1).
Aging Issues: Related GAO Reports and Activities in Fiscal Year 1990
(Report, 12/14/90, GAO/HRD-91-47).
Older Americans Act: Dissemination of Research and Demonstration
Findings Could Be Improved (Testimony, 9/11/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-53).
The Social Security Administration's Supplemental Security Income
Outreach Activities (Testimony, 4/5/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-22).
Aging Issues: Related GAO Reports and Activities in Fiscal Year 1989
(Report, 1/12/90, GAO/HRD-90-56).
CHILDREN'S ISSUES
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 4:2
CHILD SUPPORT
-------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 4:2.1
Child Support Enforcement: Federal Efforts Have Not Kept Pace With
Expanding Program (Testimony, 7/20/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-209).
Child Support Enforcement: Credit Bureau Reporting Shows Promise
(Report, 6/3/94, GAO/HEHS-94-175).
Child Support Enforcement: States Proceed With Immediate Wage
Withholding; More HHS Action Needed (Report, 6/15/93, GAO/HRD-93-99).
Child Support Assurance: Effect of Applying State Guidelines to
Determine Fathers' Payments (Report, 1/21/93, GAO/HRD-93-26).
Child Support Enforcement: Timely Action Needed to Correct System
Development Problems (Report, 8/13/92, GAO/IMTEC-92-46).
Child Support Enforcement: Opportunity to Defray Burgeoning Federal
and State Non-AFDC Costs (Report, 6/5/92, GAO/HRD-92-91).
Interstate Child Support: Wage Withholding Not Fulfilling
Expectations (Report, 2/25/92, GAO/HRD-92-65BR).
Interstate Child Support: Mothers Report Receiving Less Support From
Out-of- State Fathers (Report, 1/9/92, GAO/HRD-92-39FS).
Child Support Enforcement: A Framework for Evaluating Costs,
Benefits, and Effects (Report, 3/5/91, GAO/PEMD-91-6).
Child Support Enforcement: More States Reporting Debt to Credit
Bureaus to Spur Collections (Report, 7/31/90, GAO/HRD-90-113).
Interstate Child Support: Better Information Needed on Absent
Parents for Case Pursuit (Report, 5/24/90, GAO/HRD-90-41).
OTHER CHILDREN'S ISSUES
-------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 4:2.2
Child Care: Promoting Quality in Family Child Care (Report, 12/7/94,
GAO/HEHS-95-36). Testimony on same topic (12/9/94,
GAO/T-HEHS-95-43).
Child Care: Current System Could Undermine Goals of Welfare Reform
(Testimony, 9/20/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-238).
Dependent Exemption (Letter, 8/31/94, GAO/GGD-94-200R).
Child Welfare: HHS Begins to Assume Leadership to Implement National
and State Systems (Report, 6/8/94, GAO/AIMD-94-37).
Lead-Based Paint Poisoning: Children in Section 8 Tenant-Based
Housing Are Not Adequately Protected (Report, 5/13/94,
GAO/RCED-94-137).
Child Care: Working Poor and Welfare Recipients Face Service Gaps
(Report, 5/13/94, GAO/HEHS-94-87).
Infants and Toddlers: Dramatic Increases in Numbers Living in
Poverty (Report, 4/7/94, GAO/HEHS-94-74).
Foster Care: Parental Drug Abuse Has Alarming Impact on Young
Children (Report, 4/4/94, GAO/HEHS-94-89).
Child Care Quality: States' Difficulties Enforcing Standards
Confront Welfare Reform Plans (Testimony, 2/11/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-99).
Residential Care: Some High-Risk Youth Benefit, But More Study
Needed (Report, 1/28/94, GAO/HEHS-94-56).
Foster Care: Federal Policy on Title IV-E Share of Training Costs
(Report, 11/3/93, GAO/HRD-94-7).
Lead-Based Paint Poisoning: Children in Public Housing Are Not
Adequately Protected (Report, 9/17/93, GAO/RCED-93-138).
Toxic Substances: The Extent of Lead Hazards in Child Care
Facilities and Schools Is Unknown (Report, 9/14/93, GAO/RCED-93-197).
Testimony on same topic (9/15/93, GAO/T-RCED-93-48).
Foster Care: Services to Prevent Out-of-Home Placements Are Limited
by Funding Barriers (Report, 6/29/93, GAO/HRD-93-76).
Intercountry Adoption: Procedures Are Reasonable, but Sometimes
Inefficiently Administered (Report, 4/26/93, GAO/NSIAD-93-83).
Lead-Based Paint Poisoning: Children Not Fully Protected When
Federal Agencies Sell Homes to Public (Report, 4/5/93,
GAO/RCED-93-38).
Foster Care: State Agencies Other Than Child Welfare Can Access
Title IV-E Funds (Report, 2/9/93, GAO/HRD-93-6).
Child Care: States Face Difficulties Enforcing Standards and
Promoting Quality (Report, 11/20/92, GAO/HRD-93-13).
Food Assistance: School Milk Contract Bid Rigging (Report, 10/16/92,
GAO/RCED-93-5).
Integrating Human Services: Linking At-Risk Families With Services
More Successful Than System Reform Efforts (Report, 9/24/92,
GAO/HRD-92-108).
Financial Audit: House Child Care Center Financial Statements for
the Years Ending 8-31-91 and 8-30-90 (Report, 9/18/92,
GAO/AFMD-92-88).
Child Abuse: Prevention Programs Need Greater Emphasis (Report,
8/3/92, GAO/HRD-92-99).
Toxic Substances: Federal Programs Do Not Fully Address Some Lead
Exposure Issues (Report, 5/15/92, GAO/RCED-92-186).
Reducing Youth Violence: Coordinated Federal Efforts and Early
Intervention Strategies Could Help (Testimony, 3/31/92,
GAO/T-HRD-92-22).
Child Abuse and Neglect: Progress of the National Center Since May
1991 (Testimony, 2/27/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-14).
Accidental Shootings: Data on Children (Testimony, 9/24/91,
GAO/T-PEMD-91-15).
Foster Care: Children's Experiences Linked to Various Factors;
Better Data Needed (Report, 9/11/91, GAO/HRD-91-64).
Child Welfare: Monitoring Out-of-State Placements (Report, 9/3/91,
GAO/HRD-91-107BR).
Child Abuse Prevention: Status of the Challenge Grant Program
(Report, 5/9/91, GAO/HRD-91-95).
Implementation of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of
1988 by the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (Testimony,
5/9/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-29).
Mother-Only Families: Low Earnings Will Keep Many Children in
Poverty (Report, 4/2/91, GAO/HRD-91-62).
Children's Issues: A Decade of GAO Reports and Recent Activities
(Report, 9/21/90, GAO/HRD-90-162).
GAO's Review of USDA's National WIC Evaluation Report and Follow-up
Issues (Testimony, 1/24/90, GAO/T-RCED-90-21).
PENSIONS
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 4:3
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY
CORPORATION
-------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 4:3.1
Management Letter: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's Accounting
Procedures (Report, 8/29/94, AIMD-94-168ML).
Proposal to Strengthen H.R. 3396 (Letter, 6/24/94,
GAO/HEHS-94-181R). Testimony on same topic (6/15/94,
GAO/T-HEHS-94-191), and 4/19/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94- 149).
Underfunded Pension Plans: Stronger Funding Rules Needed to Reduce
Federal Government's Growing Exposure (Testimony, 6/15/94,
GAO/T-HEHS-94-191). Testimony on same topic (4/19/94,
GAO/T-HEHS-94-149).
Financial Audit: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's 1993 and
1992 Financial Statements (Report, 5/4/94, GAO/AIMD-94-109).
Financial Audit: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's 1992 and
1991 Financial Statements (Report, 9/29/93, GAO/AIMD-93-21).
Pension Plans: Underfunded Plans Threaten PBGC (Testimony, 2/4/93,
GAO/T- HRD-93-2). Report on same topic (12/30/92, GAO/HRD-93-7).
Government Management: Status of Progress in Correcting Selected
High-Risk Areas (Testimony, 2/3/93, GAO/T-AFMD-93-1). Report on same
topic (3/2/92, GAO/AFMD-92-35).
Assessing PBGC's Short-Run and Long-Run Conditions. (Testimony,
2/2/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-1). Report on same topic (12/30/92,
GAO/HRD-93-7).
High-Risk Series (Report, 12/92, GAO/HR-93-5).
Pension Plans: Hidden Liabilities Increase Claims Against Government
Insurance Program (Report, 12/30/92, GAO/HRD-93-7). Testimonies on
same topic (2/4/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-2), (2/3/93, GAO/T-AFMD-93-1),
(2/2/93, GAO/T- HRD-93-1), (9/25/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-60), and (8/11/92,
GAO/T-HRD-92-52). Report on same topic (3/2/92, GAO/AFMD-92-35).
Pension Restoration Act (Letter, 12/18/92, GAO/HRD-93-7R).
Improving the Financial Condition of the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation (Testimony, 9/25/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-60). Report on same
topic (12/30/92, GAO/HRD-93-7).
Financial Condition of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
(Testimony, 8/11/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-52). Report on same topic
(12/30/92, GAO/HRD-93-7).
Premium Accounting System: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
System Must Be an Ongoing Priority (Report, 8/11/92,
GAO/IMTEC-92-74).
Pension Plans: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Needs to Improve
Premium Collections (Report, 6/30/92, GAO/HRD-92-103).
Premium Accuracy (Letter, 3/23/92, GAO/HRD-92-28R).
PBGC's Premium Accounting System RFP (Letter, 5/6/92,
GAO/IMTEC-92-49R).
Financial Audit: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's 1991 and
1990 Financial Statements (Report, 3/2/92, GAO/AFMD-92-35).
Financial Audit: System and Control Problems Further Weaken the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Fund (Report, 11/13/91, GAO/AFMD-92-1).
Defined Benefit Pensions: Hidden Liabilities From Underfunded Plans
and Potential New Obligations Confront PBGC (Testimony, 10/31/91,
GAO/T-HRD-92-6).
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation: Weak Financial Condition
Worsened by Serious Internal Control Weaknesses (Testimony, 8/1/91,
GAO/T-AFMD-91-9).
Pension Benefits: Processing of Applications by the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation (Report, 9/25/90, GAO/HRD-90-127).
Federal Government's Oversight of Pension and Welfare Funds
(Testimony, 6/13/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-37).
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PENSION
ISSUES
-------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 4:3.2
District Pensions: Federal Options for Sharing Burden to Finance
Unfunded Liability (Report, 12/28/94, GAO/HEHS-95-40).
Private Pensions: Funding Rule Change Needed to Reduce PBGC's
Multibillion Dollar Exposure (Report, 10/5/94, GAO/HEHS-95-5).
Pension Plans: Stronger Labor ERISA Enforcement Should Better
Protect Plan Participants (Report, 8/8/94, GAO/HEHS-94-157).
Early Retiree Health: Health Security Act Would Shift Billions in
Costs to Federal Government (Report, 7/21/94, GAO/HEHS-94-203FS).
D.C. Pensions: Plans Consuming Growing Share of District Budget
(Testimony, 6/14/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-192).
District's Workforce: Annual Report Required by the District of
Columbia Retirement Reform Act (Report, 3/31/94, GAO/GGD-94-64).
D.C. Pension Benefits (Report, 11/4/93, GAO/HRD-94-18).
ERISA Targeting (Letter, 9/30/93, GAO/HRD-93-34R).
Federal Personnel: Employment Policy Challenges Created by an Aging
Workforce (Report, 9/23/93, GAO/GGD-93-138).
Army Materiel Command: Providing Early Retirement Incentives in 1990
Could Have Saved Money (Report, 8/24/93, GAO/NSIAD-93-233).
Financial Management: Estimate of Interest on Selected Benefits
Received by Postal Service Retirees (Report, 7/29/93,
GAO/AIMD-93-11).
Small Pension Plans: Concerns About the IRS Actuarial Audit Program
(Report, 6/30/93, GAO/HRD-93-64).
Private Pensions: Most Underfunded Plan Sponsors Are Not Making
Additional Contributions (Testimony, 4/20/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-16).
Private Pensions: Protections for Retirees' Insurance Annuities Can
Be Strengthened (Report, 3/31/93, GAO/HRD-93-29).
District's Workforce: Annual Report Required by the District of
Columbia Retirement Reform Act (Report, 3/31/93, GAO/GGD-93-81).
Pension Plans: Labor Should Not Ignore Some Small Plans That Report
Violations (Report, 3/26/93, GAO/HRD-93-45).
The Public Service: Issues Confronting the Federal Civilian
Workforce (Report, 3/16/93, GAO/GGD-93-53).
Underfunded State and Local Pensions Plans (Letter, 12/3/92,
GAO/HRD-93-9R).
District's Pensions: Billions of Dollars in Liability Not Funded
(Report, 11/30/92, GAO/HRD-93-32).
Lump-Sum Retirements (Letter, 10/20/92, GAO/GGD-93-2R).
Pension Plans: Benefits Lost When Plans Terminate (Testimony,
9/24/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-58).
Private Pensions: Changes Can Produce a Modest Increase in Use of
Simplified Employee Pensions (Report, 7/1/92, GAO/HRD-92-119).
Pension Plans: Investments in Affordable Housing Possible With
Government Assistance (Report, 6/12/92, GAO/HRD-92-55).
Financial Reporting: Accounting for the Postal Service's
Postretirement Health Care Costs (Report, 5/20/92, GAO/AFMD-92-32).
Public Pension Offset (Letter, 5/15/92, GAO/GGD-92-15R).
Employee Benefits: Improved Plan Reporting and CPA Audits Can
Increase Protection Under ERISA (Report, 4/9/92, GAO/AFMD-92-14).
Women's Pensions: Recent Legislation Generally Improved Pension
Entitlement and Increased Benefits (Testimony, 3/26/92,
GAO/T-HRD-92-20).
Employee Benefits: States Need Labor's Help Regulating Multiple
Employer Welfare Arrangements (Report, 3/10/92, GAO/HRD-92-40).
Pension Plans: Survivor Benefit Coverage for Wives Increased After
1984 Pension Law (Report, 2/28/92, GAO/HRD-92-49).
Significant Reductions in Corporate Retiree Health Liabilities
Projected If Medicare Eligibility Age Lowered to 60 (Testimony,
11/5/91, GAO/T-HRD-92-7).
Employee Benefits: Effect of Bankruptcy on Retiree Health Benefits
(Report, 8/30/91, GAO/HRD-91-115).
Pension Plans: IRS Needs to Strengthen Its Enforcement Program
(Report, 7/2/91, GAO/HRD-91-10).
Insurance Company Failures Threaten Retirement Income (Testimony,
6/27/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-41).
Pension Plans: Fiduciary Violations in Terminated Underfunded Plans
(Report, 5/13/91, GAO/HRD-91-87).
U.S.-Mexico Trade: Information on Wages, Fringe Benefits, and
Workers' Rights (Report, 5/10/91, GAO/NSIAD-91-220).
Retiree Health: Company-Sponsored Plans Facing Increased Costs and
Liabilities (Testimony, 5/6/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-25).
Private Pensions: Risks to Retirees Posed by Insurance Company
Failures (Testimony, 4/30/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-23).
Private Pensions: Millions of Workers Lose Federal Benefit
Protection at Retirement (Report, 4/25/91, GAO/HRD-91-79).
Private Pensions: 1986 Law Will Improve Benefit Equity in Many Small
Employers' Plans (Report, 3/29/91, GAO/HRD-91-58).
Workers at Risk: Increased Numbers in Contingent Employment Lack
Insurance, Other Benefits (Report, 3/8/91, GAO/HRD-91-56).
Pension Plans: Terminations, Asset Reversions, and Replacements
Following Leveraged Buyouts (Report, 3/4/91, GAO/HRD-91-21).
Employee Stock Ownership Plans: Participants' Benefits Generally
Increased, but Many Plans Terminated (Report, 12/10/90,
GAO/HRD-91-28).
Cost Accounting: Department of Energy's Management of Contractor
Pension and Health Benefit Costs (Report, 8/29/90, GAO/AFMD-90-13).
Private Pensions: Impact of New Vesting Rules Similar for Women and
Men (Report, 8/21/90, GAO/HRD-90-101).
Reserve Forces: Opportunity to Reduce Pension Costs (Report, 8/3/90,
GAO/NSIAD-90-152).
Pension Plans: Public Plans in Four States Have Generally Similar
Policies and Practices (Report, 7/24/90, GAO/HRD-90-133).
Audits of Employee Benefit Plans Need to be Strengthened (Testimony,
7/24/90, GAO/T-AFMD-90-25).
Employee Benefits: Extent of Multiemployer Plan Retiree Health
Coverage (Report, 7/17/90, GAO/HRD-90-132).
Pension Plan Terminations: Effectiveness of Excise Tax in Recovering
Tax Benefits in Asset Reversions (Report, 7/13/90, GAO/HRD-90-126).
SOCIAL SECURITY AND DISABILITY
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 4:4
DISABILITY
-------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 4:4.1
Social Security: Rapid Rise in Children on SSI Disability Rolls
Follows New Regulations (Report, 9/9/94, GAO/HEHS-94-225).
CDR Process Could Be Enhanced (Letter, 7/29/94, GAO/HEHS-94-212R).
Social Security: New Continuing Disability Review Process Could Be
Enhanced (Report, 6/27/94, GAO/HEHS-94-118).
Disability Benefits for Addicts (Letter, 6/8/94, GAO/HEHS-94-178R).
Social Security Disability: SSA Quality Assurance Improvements Can
Produce More Accurate Payments (Report, 6/3/94, GAO/HEHS-94-107).
Social Security Disability: Most of Gender Difference Explained
(Report, 5/27/94, GAO/HEHS-94-94).
Social Security: Major Changes Needed for Disability Benefits for
Addicts (Report, 5/13/94, GAO/HEHS-94-128). Testimony on same topic
(2/10/94, GAO/T- HEHS-94-101).
Social Security: Continuing Disability Review Process Improved, But
More Targeted Reviews Needed (Testimony, 3/10/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-121).
Report on same topic (7/8/93, GAO/HRD-93-109).
Social Security: Disability Rolls Keep Growing, While Explanations
Remain Elusive (Report, 2/8/94, GAO/HEHS-94-34).
Social Security: Increasing Number of Disability Claims and
Deteriorating Service (Report, 11/10/93, GAO/HRD-94-11). Testimony
on same topic (3/25/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-11).
Social Security Disability: SSA Needs to Improve Continuing
Disability Review Program (Report, 7/8/93, GAO/HRD-93-109).
Social Security: Rising Disability Rolls Raise Questions That Must
Be Answered (Testimony, 4/22/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-15).
Social Security: SSA's Processing of Continuing Disability Reviews
(Testimony, 3/9/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-9).
Social Security: Racial Difference in Disability Decisions
(Testimony, 9/22/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-41). Report on same topic
(4/21/92, GAO/HRD-92-56).
Social Security Disability: Growing Funding and Administrative
Problems (Testimony, 4/27/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-28).
Social Security Disability: Action Needed to Improve Use of Medical
Experts at Hearings (Report, 5/20/91, GAO/HRD-91-68).
Social Security: Reforms in the Disability Determination and Appeals
Process (Testimony, 5/2/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-24).
Foreign Assistance: Assistance to Disabled Persons in Developing
Countries (Report, 2/15/91, GAO/NSIAD-91-82).
Social Security: District Managers' Views on Outreach for
Supplemental Security Income Program (Report, 10/30/90,
GAO/HRD-91-19FS).
Disability Programs: Use of Competitive Contracts for Consultative
Medical Exams Can Save Millions (Report, 8/17/90, GAO/HRD-90-141).
Social Security: Employment and Health Status of Social Security
Denied Applicants (Testimony, 7/17/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-48).
The Social Security Administration's Supplemental Security Income
Outreach Activities (Testimony, 4/5/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-22).
Social Security: SSA Could Save Millions by Targeting Reviews of
State Disability Decisions (Report, 3/5/90, GAO/HRD-90-28).
Persons with Disabilities: Reports on Costs of Accommodations
(Report, 1/4/90, GAO/HRD-90-44BR).
SOCIAL SECURITY
ADMINISTRATION
-------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 4:4.2
SSA Services to Employers (Letter, 12/6/94, GAO/HEHS-95-38R).
Accuracy of Form SSA 1099 (Letter, 9/26/94, GAO/HEHS-94-234R).
Social Security Administration: Risks Associated With Information
Technology Investment Continue (Report, 9/19/94, GAO/AIMD-94-143).
Social Security: Trust Funds Can Be More Accurately Funded (Report,
9/2/94, GAO/HEHS-94-48).
Social Security: Most Social Security Death Information Accurate But
Improvements Possible (Report, 8/29/94, GAO/HEHS-94-211).
Social Security Administration: Major Changes in SSA's Business
Processes Are Imperative (Testimony, 4/14/94, GAO/T-AIMD-94-106).
Social Security Administration: Many Letters Difficult to Understand
(Testimony, 3/22/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-126).
Social Security: Sustained Effort Needed to Improve Management and
Prepare for the Future (Report, 10/27/93, GAO/HRD-94-22). Testimony
on same topic (10/28/93, GAO/T-HRD-94-46).
Social Security Administration as an Independent Agency (Testimony,
9/14/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-31).
Status of Agency Use of SSA Death Information (Letter, 7/20/93,
GAO/HRD-93-31R).
Social Security: Need to Improve Postentitlement Service to the
Public (Report, 5/7/93, GAO/HRD-93-21).
Social Security: IRS Tax Identity Data Can Help Improve SSA Earnings
Records (Report, 3/29/93, GAO/HRD-93-42).
Social Security: Telephone Busy Signal Rates at Local SSA Field
Offices (Report, 3/4/93, GAO/HRD-93-49).
SSA Problems in Processing Wage Reports (Letter, 1/27/93,
GAO/HRD-93-10R).
Social Security: Causes of Increased Overpayments, 1986 to 1989
(Report, 9/28/92, GAO/HRD-92-107).
Social Security: Need for Better Coordination of Food Stamp Services
for Social Security Clients (Report, 9/25/92, GAO/HRD-92-92).
Social Security: Reporting and Processing of Death Information
Should Be Improved (Report, 9/4/92, GAO/HRD-92-88).
Social Security: Reconciliation Improved SSA Earnings Records, but
Efforts Were Incomplete (Report, 9/1/92, GAO/HRD-92-81).
SSA Pilot for Centralized Folder Storage (Letter, 8/17/92,
GAO/IMTEC-92-75R).
Social Security: Beneficiary Payment for Representative Payee
Services (Report, 6/29/92, GAO/HRD-92-112).
Social Security: Telephone Access to Local Field Offices (Report,
9/13/91, GAO/HRD-91-112).
Social Security: Measure of Telephone Service Accuracy Can Be
Improved (Report, 8/30/91, GAO/HRD-91-69).
Debt Management: More Aggressive Actions Needed to Reduce Billions
in Overpayments (Report, 7/9/91, GAO/HRD-91-46).
Welfare Benefits: States Need Social Security's Death Data to Avoid
Payment Error or Fraud (Report, 4/2/91, GAO/HRD-91-73).
Social Security Downsizing: Significant Savings but Some Service
Quality and Operational Problems (Report, 3/19/91, GAO/HRD-91-63).
Social Security: Restoration of Telephone Access to Local SSA
Offices (Report, 3/5/91, GAO/HRD-91-76FS).
Computer Matching Act: Many States Did Not Comply With 30-Day Notice
or Data-Verification Provisions (Report, 2/8/91, GAO/HRD-91-39).
Federal Benefit Payments: Agencies Need Death Information From
Social Security to Avoid Erroneous Payments (Report, 2/6/91,
GAO/HRD-91-3).
Federal Agencies Need SSA's Death Information To Avoid Erroneous
Payments (Testimony, 2/6/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-6).
Social Security: Production Initiatives in OHA's Region V Comply
With Law and Guidelines (Report, 12/21/90, GAO/HRD-91-36BR).
Social Security: IRS Data Can Help SSA Credit More Wages (Report,
8/31/90, GAO/HRD-90-112).
Social Security: Service to the Public--Accuracy of the 800 Phone
Service (Testimony, 5/18/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-30).
Social Security: Comments on S. 2453--The Social Security
Restoration Act of 1990 (Testimony, 5/11/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-29).
Comments on S. 214--A Bill to Enhance the Integrity of the Social
Security Card (Testimony, 4/18/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-23).
Social Security: Direct Mail Solicitations by the Social Security
Protection Bureau (Report, 1/26/90, GAO/HRD-90-9).
OTHER SOCIAL SECURITY
PROGRAMS
-------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 4:4.3
Social Security: GAO's Analysis of the Notch Issue (Testimony,
9/16/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-236).
Social Security Retirement Accounts (Letter, 8/12/94,
GAO/HEHS-94-226R).
Public Pension Offset (Letter, 5/15/92, GAO/GGD-92-15R).
GAO Views on H.R. 2898, the "Social Security Protection Act of 1991"
(Testimony, 9/26/91, GAO/T-AFMD-91-11).
Social Security: Analysis of a Proposal to Privatize Trust Fund
Reserves (Report, 12/12/90, GAO/HRD-91-22).
Social Security: Taxing Nonqualified Deferred Compensation
(Testimony, 4/5/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-21).
WELFARE
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 4:5
Welfare to Work: Current AFDC Program Not Sufficiently Focused on
Employment (Report, 12/19/94, GAO/HEHS-95-28).
Child Care: Current System Could Undermine Goals of Welfare Reform
(Testimony, 9/20/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-238).
JOBS and JTPA: Tracking Spending Outcomes and Program Performance
(Report, 7/15/94, GAO/HEHS-94-177).
Efforts to Assist the Homeless in Baltimore (Letter, 7/11/94,
GAO/RCED-94- 239R).
Efforts to Assist the Homeless in St. Louis (Letter, 7/11/94,
GAO/RCED-94- 97R).
Efforts to Assist the Homeless in San Antonio (Letter, 7/11/94,
GAO/RCED- 94-238R).
Efforts to Assist the Homeless in Seattle (Letter, 7/11/94,
GAO/RCED-94- 237R).
Welfare to Work: JOBS Automated Systems Do Not Focus on Program's
Employment Objective (Report, 6/8/94, GAO/AIMD-94-44).
Families on Welfare: Teenage Mothers Least Likely to Become
Self-Sufficient (Report, 5/31/94, GAO/HEHS-94-115).
Families on Welfare: Focus on Teenage Mothers Could Enhance Welfare
Reform Efforts (Report, 5/31/94, GAO/HEHS-94-112).
Families on Welfare: Sharp Rise in Never-Married Women Reflects
Societal Trend (Report, 5/31/94, GAO/HEHS-94-92).
Child Care: Working Poor and Welfare Recipients Face Service Gaps
(Report, 5/13/94, GAO/HEHS-94-87).
Homelessness: McKinney Act Programs Provide Assistance but Are Not
Designed to Be the Solution (Report, 5/94, GAO/RCED-94-37).
Automated Welfare Systems: Historical Costs and Projections (Report,
2/25/94, GAO/AIMD-94-52FS).
Homelessness: Appropriate Controls Implemented for 1990 McKinney
Amendments' PATH Program (Report, 2/22/94, GAO/HEHS-94-82).
Homelessness: Information on and Barriers to Assistance Programs
Providing Foreclosed Property (Report, 9/30/93, GAO/RCED-93-182).
Self-Sufficiency: Opportunities and Disincentives on the Road to
Economic Independence (Report, 8/6/93, GAO/HRD-93-23).
Public Housing: Low-Income Housing Tax Credit as an Alternative
Development Method (Report, 7/16/93, GAO/RCED-93-31).
Welfare to Work: States Move Unevenly to Serve Teen Parents in JOBS
(Report, 7/7/93, GAO/HRD-93-74).
Welfare to Work: JOBS Participation Rate Data Unreliable for
Assessing States' Performance (Report, 5/5/93, GAO/HRD-93-73).
Earned Income Tax Credit: Effectiveness of Design and Administration
(Testimony, 3/30/93, GAO/T-GGD-93-20).
Homelessness: McKinney Act Programs and Funding Through Fiscal Year
1991 (Report, 12/21/92, GAO/RCED-93-39).
Health and Human Services Issues (Letter, 12/92, OCG-93-20TR).
Food Stamp Program Provisions (Letter, 11/25/92, GAO/RCED-93-70R).
Welfare to Work: States Serve Least Job-Ready While Meeting JOBS
Participation Rates (Report, 11/12/92, GAO/HRD-93-2).
Welfare to Work: Implementation and Evaluation of Transitional
Benefits Need HHS Action (Report, 9/29/92, GAO/HRD-92-118).
Poverty Trends, 1980-88: Changes in Family Composition and Income
Sources Among the Poor (Report, 9/10/92, GAO/PEMD-92-34).
Homelessness: HUD Improperly Restricts Applicants for Supplemental
Assistance Program (Report, 8/13/92, GAO/RCED-92-200).
Asistencia Alimentaria: Situacion Nutricional y Programas
Alternativos en Puerto Rico (Report, 7/21/92, GAO/RCED-92-114SV).
Food Assistance: Nutritional Conditions and Program Alternatives in
Puerto Rico (Report, 7/21/92, GAO/RCED-92-114).
Welfare Programs: Ineffective Federal Oversight Permits Costly
Automated System Problems (Report, 5/27/92, GAO/IMTEC-92-29).
Unemployed Parents: An Evaluation of the Effects of Welfare Benefits
on Family Stability (Report, 4/29/92, GAO/PEMD-92-19BR).
Welfare to Work: Effectiveness of Tribal JOBS Programs Unknown
(Report, 3/19/92, GAO/HRD-92-67BR).
Employee Benefits: States Need Labor's Help Regulating Multiple
Employer Welfare Arrangements (Report, 3/10/92, GAO/HRD-92-40).
Welfare to Work: States Begin JOBS, but Fiscal and Other Problems
May Impede Their Progress (Report, 9/27/91, GAO/HRD-91-106).
Child Welfare: Monitoring Out-of-State Placements (Report, 9/3/91,
GAO/HRD-91-107BR).
Mother-Only Families: Low Earnings Will Keep Many Children in
Poverty (Report, 4/2/91, GAO/HRD-91-62).
Welfare Benefits: States Need Social Security's Death Data to Avoid
Payment Error or Fraud (Report, 4/2/91, GAO/HRD-91-73).
Federal Benefit Payments: Agencies Need Death Information From
Social Security to Avoid Erroneous Payments (Report, 2/6/91,
GAO/HRD-91-3).
The Urban Underclass: Disturbing Problems Demanding Attention
(Report, 9/90, GAO/HRD-90-52).
OTHER PRODUCTS RELATED TO
SOCIAL SECURITY, DISABILITY,
AND WELFARE
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 4:6
Illegal Aliens: Assessing Estimates of Financial Burden on
California (Report, 11/28/94, GAO/HEHS-95-22).
Financial Audit: House Child Care Center--Fiscal Years Ended
9-30-93, 9-30-92, and Month Ended 9-30-91 (Report, 10/14/94,
GAO/AIMD-95-2).
UMWA's Combined Fund Finances (Letter, 6/30/94, GAO/HEHS-94-201R).
Americans with Disabilities Act: Effects of the Law on Access to
Goods and Services (Report, 6/21/94, GAO/PEMD-94-14).
Federal Aid: Revising Poverty Statistics Affects Fairness of
Allocation Formulas (Report, 5/18/94, GAO/HEHS-94-165).
Quality Assurance Independence (Letter, 4/28/94, GAO/HEHS-94-151R).
Local Tax Abatement (Letter, 4/21/94, GAO/HEHS-94-84R).
Federal Mandates: Unfunded Requirements Concern State and Local
Officials (Letter, 4/5/94, GAO/HEHS-94-110R).
Vietnamese Amerasian Resettlement: Education, Employment, and Family
Outcomes in the United States (Report, 3/31/94, GAO/PEMD-94-15).
Grant Administration: CDC Oversight of Grantees' Activities Needs
Improvement (Report, 12/10/93, GAO/HRD-94-12).
Refugee Resettlement: Unused Federal Funds in 1991 and 1992 (Report,
12/7/93, GAO/HRD-94-44).
State and Local Finances: Some Jurisdictions Confronted by Short-
and Long- Term Problems (Report, 10/6/93, GAO/HRD-94-1). Testimony
on same topic (10/6/93, GAO/T-HRD-94-1).
Benefits for Illegal Aliens: Some Program Costs Increasing, But
Total Costs Unknown (Testimony, 9/29/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-33).
Federal Personnel: Employment Policy Challenges Created by an Aging
Workforce (Report, 9/23/93, GAO/GGD-93-138).
Illegal Aliens: Despite Data Limitations, Current Methods Provide
Better Population Estimates (Report, 8/5/93, GAO/PEMD-93-25).
Refugee Resettlement: Initial Reception and Placement Assistance
(Report, 6/18/93, GAO/NSIAD-93-193BR).
Rural Disaster Assistance (Letter, 6/14/93, GAO/RCED-93-170R).
Puerto Rico: Confusion Over Applicability of the Electoral Law to
Referendum Process (Report, 5/28/93, GAO/HRD-93-84).
Tax Abatement (Letter, 5/21/93, GAO/HRD-93-27R).
Income Security: Reports Issued During 1990-92 and Testimonies
Delivered in 1992 (Bibliography, 3/93, GAO/HRD-93-80).
Legal Services Corporation: National Support Center Grantees'
Activities (Report, 2/5/93, GAO/HRD-93-9).
Rural Credit: Availability of Credit for Agriculture, Rural
Development, and Infrastructure (Report, 11/25/92, GAO/RCED-93-27).
Michigan Communities: Services Cut in Response to Fiscal Distress
(Report, 9/29/92, GAO/HRD-92-142).
Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Under the State and Local Fiscal Assistance
Act of 1972 (Letter, 8/28/92, GAO/HRD-92-143R).
Block Grants: Increases in Set-Asides and Cost Ceilings Since 1982
(Report, 7/27/92, GAO/HRD-92-58FS).
Urban Poor: Tenant Income Misreporting Deprives Other Families of
HUD- Subsidized Housing (Report, 7/17/92, GAO/HRD-92-60).
Income Security: Reports Issued From FY 1988 Through June 1992
(Bibliography, 7/92, GAO/HRD-92-122).
Intergovernmental Relations: Changing Patterns in State-Local
Finances (Report, 3/31/92, GAO/HRD-92-87FS).
Puerto Rico: Audit of Grant Funds Provided to Three Major Political
Parties (Report, 1/15/92, GAO/HRD-92-29).
Potential Impact of Using Adjusted Census Counts for Federal Formula
Programs (Testimony, 11/13/91, GAO/T-GGD-92-5).
Victims of Crime Act Grants: Better Reporting Needed for
Compensation and Assistance Programs (Report, 10/23/91,
GAO/GGD-92-2).
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance: Observations on HHS's
Administration of the Program (Report, 9/30/91, GAO/HRD-91-119FS).
Product Liability: Insurance Rate Levels and Claim Payments During
the 1970s and 1980s (Report, 9/16/91, GAO/HRD-91-108).
Homelessness: Transitional Housing Shows Initial Success but
Long-term Effects Unknown (Report, 9/9/91, GAO/RCED-91-200).
D.C. Government: Information on the Homeless Family Program
(Report, 8/22/91, GAO/GGD-91-108).
Debt Management: More Aggressive Actions Needed to Reduce Billions
in Overpayments (Report, 7/9/91, GAO/HRD-91-46).
Health and Human Services: Funding for State Legalization Impact
Assistance Grants Program (Report, 5/23/91, GAO/HRD-91-109).
Counting the Homeless: Limitations of 1990 Census Results and
Methodology (Testimony, 5/9/91, GAO/T-GGD-91-29).
Homelessness: McKinney Act Programs and Funding Through Fiscal Year
1990 (Report, 5/1/91, GAO/RCED-91-126).
Homelessness: Access to McKinney Act Programs Improved but Better
Oversight Needed (Report, 12/28/90, GAO/RCED-91-29).
Refugee Resettlement: Federal Support to the States Has Declined
(Report, 12/21/90, GAO/HRD-91-51).
Product Liability: Verdicts in Massachusetts for 1983-85 (Report,
10/26/90, GAO/HRD-91-8).
Product Liability: Verdicts in Arizona for 1983-85 (Report,
10/25/90, GAO/HRD-91-7).
Food Stamp Program: Alternative Definitions of a Household for Food
Stamp Eligibility (Report, 8/23/90, GAO/RCED-90-137).
Homelessness: Status of the Surplus Property Program, the
Interagency Council on the Homeless, and FEMA's EFS Program
(Testimony, 7/19/90, GAO/T-RCED-90-98).
Soviet Refugees: Issues Affecting Domestic Resettlement (Report,
6/26/90, GAO/HRD-90-106BR).
Budget Issues: Human Resource Programs Warranting Consideration as
Human Capital (Report, 4/30/90, GAO/AFMD-90-52).
Black Lung Program: Further Improvements Can Be Made in Claims
Adjudication (Report, 3/21/90, GAO/HRD-90-75).
Asian Americans: A Status Report (Report, 3/8/90, GAO/HRD-90-36FS).
Food Stamp Program: A Demographic Analysis of Participation and
Nonparticipation (Report, 1/19/90, GAO/PEMD-90-8).
VETERANS AFFAIRS AND MILITARY
HEALTH (COMPREHENSIVE
5-YEAR LISTING)
============================================================ Chapter 5
MILITARY HEALTH CARE
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 5:1
VA/DOD Health Care: More Guidance Needed to Implement CHAMPUS-Funded
Sharing Agreements (Report, 10/28/94, GAO/HEHS-95-15).
Operation Desert Storm: Questions Remain on Possible Exposure to
Reproductive Toxicants (Report, 8/5/94, GAO/PEMD-94-30). Testimony
on same topic (8/5/94, GAO/T-PEMD-94-31).
Defense Health Care: Uniformed Services Treatment Facility Health
Care Program (Report, 6/2/94, GAO/HEHS-94-174).
Medical Records Control (Letter, 5/4/94, GAO/HEHS-94-161R).
Defense Health Care: Challenges Facing DOD in Implementing
Nationwide Managed Care (Testimony, 4/19/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-145).
Reserve Forces: DOD Policies Do Not Ensure That Personnel Meet
Medical and Physical Fitness Standards (Report, 3/23/94,
GAO/NSIAD-94-36).
Defense Health Care: Expansion of CHAMPUS Reform Initiative Into
DOD's Region 6 (Report, 2/9/94, GAO/HEHS-94-100).
Defense Health Care: Expansion of the CHAMPUS Reform Initiative Into
Washington and Oregon (Report, 9/20/93, GAO/HRD-93-149).
Psychiatric Fraud and Abuse: Increased Scrutiny of Hospital Stays is
Needed for Federal Health Programs (Report, 9/17/93, GAO/HRD-93-92).
Operation Desert Storm: Army Medical Supply Issues (Report, 8/11/93,
GAO/NSIAD-93-206).
Operation Desert Storm: Improvements Required in the Navy's Wartime
Medical Care Program (Report, 7/28/93, GAO/NSIAD-93-189).
Medical Readiness Training: Limited Participation by Army Medical
Personnel (Report, 6/30/93, GAO/NSIAD-93-205).
DOD Health Care: Further Testing and Evaluation of Case-Managed Home
Care Is Needed (Report, 5/21/93, GAO/HRD-93-59).
Defense Health Care: Lessons Learned From DOD's Managed Health Care
Initiative (Testimony, 5/10/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-21).
Defense Health Care: Additional Improvements Needed to CHAMPUS's
Mental Health Program (Report, 5/6/93, GAO/HRD-93-34).
DOD Mental Health Review Efforts (Letter, 3/31/93, GAO/HRD-93-19R).
Defense Health Care: CHAMPUS Mental Health Demonstration Project in
Virginia (Report, 12/30/92, GAO/HRD-93-53).
Composite Health Care System: Outpatient Capability Is Nearly Ready
for Worldwide Deployment (Report, 12/15/92, GAO/IMTEC-93-11).
Defense Health Care: Physical Exams and Dental Care Following the
Persian Gulf War (Report, 10/15/92, GAO/HRD-93-5).
Operation Desert Storm: Full Army Medical Capability Not Achieved
(Report, 8/18/92, GAO/NSIAD-92-175). Testimony on same topic
(2/5/92, GAO/T-NSIAD-92-8).
Disability Benefits: Selected Data on Military and VA Recipients
(Report, 8/13/92, GAO/HRD-92-106).
Medical ADP Systems: Composite Health Care System Is Not Ready to be
Deployed (Report, 5/20/92, GAO/IMTEC-92-54).
Army Force Structure: Plans to Restructure and Reduce Medical Corps
(Testimony, 5/1/92, GAO/T-NSIAD-92-37).
Defense Health Care: Efforts to Manage Mental Health Care Benefits
to CHAMPUS Beneficiaries (Testimony, 4/28/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-27).
Defense Health Care: Obstacles in Implementing Coordinated Care
(Testimony, 4/7/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-24).
Health Care: Readiness of U.S. Contingency Hospital Systems to
Treat War Casualties (Testimony, 3/25/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-17).
Defense Health Care: Efforts to Address Health Effects of the Kuwait
Oil Well Fires (Report, 1/9/92, GAO/HRD-92-50).
Defense Health Care: Transfers of Military Personnel With Disabled
Children (Report, 1/9/92, GAO/HRD-92-15).
Defense Health Care: Efforts to Manage Mental Health Care Benefits
to CHAMPUS Beneficiaries (Testimony, 4/28/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-27).
Defense Health Care: Obstacles in Implementing Coordinated Care
(Testimony, 4/7/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-24).
Health Care: Readiness of U.S. Contingency Hospital Systems to
Treat War Casualties (Testimony, 3/25/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-17).
Defense Health Care: Efforts to Address Health Effects of the Kuwait
Oil Well Fires (Report, 1/9/92, GAO/HRD-92-50).
Defense Health Care: Transfers of Military Personnel With Disabled
Children (Report, 1/9/92, GAO/HRD-92-15).
DOD Medical Inventory: Reductions Are Possible Through the Use of
Commercial Practices (Testimony, 12/5/91, GAO/T-NSIAD-92-6). Report
on same topic (12/5/91, GAO/NSIAD-92-58).
Defense Health Care: CHAMPUS Mental Health Benefits Greater Than
Those Under Other Health Plans (Report, 11/7/91, GAO/HRD-92-20).
Defense Health Care: Implementing Coordinated Care--A Status Report
(Report, 10/3/91, GAO/HRD-92-10).
Medical ADP Systems: Changes in Composite Health Care System's
Deployment Strategy Are Unwise (Report, 9/30/91, GAO/IMTEC-91-47).
Medicaid: Changes in Drug Prices Paid by VA and DOD Since Enactment
of Rebate Provisions (Report, 9/18/91, GAO/HRD-91-139).
Defense Health Care: Health Promotion in DOD and the Challenges
Ahead (Report, 6/4/91, GAO/HRD-91-75).
DOD's Management of Beneficiaries' Mental Health Care (Testimony,
4/24/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-18). Testimony on same topic (5/15/91,
GAO/T-HRD-91-30).
The Military Health Services System--Prospects for the Future
(Testimony, 3/14/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-11).
Defense Health Care: Procurement of an Interactive Videodisc Program
for AIDS Education (Report, 2/13/91, GAO/HRD-91-53).
Medical ADP Systems: Automated Medical Records Hold Promise to
Improve Patient Care (Report, 1/22/91, GAO/IMTEC-91-5).
Army Biomedical Research: Concerns About Performance of Brain-Wound
Research (Report, 12/12/90, GAO/HRD-91-30).
Defense Health Care: Potential for Savings by Treating CHAMPUS
Patients in Military Hospitals (Report, 9/7/90, GAO/HRD-90-131).
Military Health Care: Savings to CHAMPUS From Using a Prospective
Payment System (Report, 7/13/90, GAO/HRD-90-136FS).
Infection Control: Military Programs Are Comparable to VA and
Nonfederal Programs but Can Be Enhanced (Report, 4/27/90,
GAO/HRD-90-74).
Military Health Care: Recovery of Medical Costs From Liable Third
Parties Can Be Improved (Report, 4/19/90, GAO/NSIAD-90-49).
Access to Medical Care at Overseas Military Hospitals (Testimony,
3/29/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-20).
Defense Health Care: Military Physicians' Views on Military Medicine
(Report, 3/22/90, GAO/HRD-90-1).
DOD Health Care: Funding Shortfalls in CHAMPUS, Fiscal Years 1985-91
(Report, 3/19/90, GAO/HRD-90-99BR).
Defense's Acquisition of the Composite Health Care System (Testimony,
3/15/90, GAO/T-IMTEC-90-4).
Medical ADP Systems: Defense Faces a Difficult Task (Report,
3/15/90, GAO/IMTEC-90-42).
Potential Expansion of the CHAMPUS Reform Initiatives (Testimony,
3/15/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-17).
Defense Health Care: Effects of AIDS in the Military (Report,
2/26/90, GAO/HRD-90-39).
VETERANS' HEALTH CARE
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 5:2
VA Health Care: Albuquerque Medical Center Not Recovering Full Costs
of Lithotripsy Services (Report, 12/28/94, GAO/HEHS-95-19).
Veterans' Health Care: Veterans' Perceptions of VA Services and VA's
Role in Health Care Reform (Report, 12/23/94, GAO/HEHS-95-14).
VA Health Care: Inadequate Planning in the Chesapeake Network
(Report, 12/22/94, GAO/HEHS-95-6).
VA Health Care: Purchases of Safer Devices Should Be Based on Risk
of Injury (Report, 11/17/94, GAO/HEHS-95-12).
VA/DOD Health Care: More Guidance Needed to Implement CHAMPUS-Funded
Sharing Agreements (Report, 10/28/94, GAO/HEHS-95-15).
Veterans' Health Care: Use of VA Services by Medicare-Eligible
Veterans (Report, 10/24/94, GAO/HEHS-95-13).
Veterans Health Care: Implications of Other Countries' Reforms for
the United States (Report, 9/27/94, GAO/HEHS-94-210BR).
Veterans' Health Care: A Profile of Married Veterans Using VA
Medical Centers (Report, 8/26/94, GAO/HEHS-94-223FS).
Health Security Act: Analysis of Veterans' Health Care Provisions
(Report, 7/15/94, GAO/HEHS-94-205FS).
Universal Health Care: Effects on Military Systems in Other
Countries and the United States (Report, 7/11/94, GAO/HEHS-94-182BR).
Veterans' Health Care: Efforts to Make VA Competitive May Create
Significant Risks (Testimony, 6/29/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-197).
VA Health Care: Delays in Awarding Major Construction Contracts
(Report, 6/17/94, GAO/HEHS-94-170).
VA and the Health Security Act (Letter, 5/9/94, GAO/HEHS-94-159R).
VA Health Care Reform: Financial Implications of the Proposed Health
Security Act (Testimony, 5/5/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-148).
Medical Records Control (Letter, 5/4/94, GAO/HEHS-94-161R).
Veterans' Health Care: Most Care Provided Through Non-VA Programs
(Report, 4/25/94, GAO/HEHS-94-104BR).
Veterans' Health Care: Veterans' Perceptions of VA Services and Its
Role in Health Care Reform (Testimony, 4/20/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-150).
VA Health Care: A Profile of Veterans Using VA Medical Centers in
1991 (Report, 3/29/94, GAO/HEHS-94-113FS).
VA Appropriations (Letter, 3/29/94, GAO/HEHS-94-127R).
VA Health Care For Women: In Need of Continued VA Attention
(Testimony, 3/9/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-114). Testimony on same topic
(7/2/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-33, and 7/19/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-42). Report on
same topic (1/23/92, GAO/HRD-92-23).
Homelessness: Demand for Services to Homeless Veterans Exceeds VA
Program Capacity (Report, 2/23/94, GAO/HEHS-94-98).
VA Health Care: VA Medical Centers Need to Improve Monitoring of
High-Risk Patients (Report, 12/10/93, GAO/HRD-94-27).
VA Appropriations (Letter, 12/10/93, GAO/HRD-94-72R).
Department of Veterans Affairs Appropriation (Letter, 11/12/93,
GAO/HRD-94-57R).
VA Health Care: Tuberculosis Control Receiving Greater Emphasis at
VA Medical Centers (Report, 11/9/93, GAO/HRD-94-5).
Veterans Affairs: Service Delays at VA Outpatient Facilities
(Testimony, 10/27/93, GAO/T-HRD-94-5). Testimony on same topic
(7/21/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-29). Report on same topic (10/15/93,
GAO/HRD-94-4).
VA Health Care: Restructuring Ambulatory Care System Would Improve
Services to Veterans (Report, 10/15/93, GAO/HRD-94-4).
VA Health Care: Medical Care Cost Recovery Activities Improperly
Funded (Report, 10/12/93, GAO/HRD-94-2)
VA Health Care: Labor Management and Quality-of-Care Issues at the
Salem VA Medical Center (Report, 9/23/93, GAO/HRD-93-108).
VA Health Care: Comparison of VA Benefits With Other Public and
Private Programs (Report, 7/29/93, GAO/HRD-93-94).
VA Health Care: Potential for Offsetting Long-Term Care Costs
Through Estate Recovery (Report, 7/27/93, GAO/HRD-93-68).
Veterans Affairs: Accessibility of Outpatient Care at VA Medical
Centers (Testimony, 7/21/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-29).
VA Health Care: Variabilities in Outpatient Care Eligibility and
Rationing Decisions (Report, 7/16/93, GAO/HRD-93-106).
VA Health Care: Veterans' Efforts to Obtain Outpatient Care From
Alternative Sources (Report, 7/14/93, GAO/HRD-93-123).
VA Health Care: Delays in Awarding Major Construction Contracts
(Report, 5/26/93, GAO/HRD-93-101).
VA Health Care: Problems in Implementing Locality Pay for Nurses Not
Fully Addressed (Report, 5/21/93, GAO/HRD-93-54).
VA Health Care: Enforcement of Federal Ethics Requirements at VA
Medical Centers (Testimony, 5/19/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-22). Reports on
same topic (5/12/93, GAO/HRD-93-39S) and (4/30/93, GAO/HRD-93-39).
Veterans' Health Care: Potential Effects of Health Care Reforms on
VA's Major Construction Program (Testimony, 5/6/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-19).
Veterans' Affairs: Establishing Patient Smoking Areas at VA
Facilities (Report, 5/3/93, GAO/HRD-93-104).
Veterans' Health Care: Potential Effects of Health Financing Reforms
on Demand for VA Services (Testimony, 3/31/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-12).
Management of VA: Improved Human Resource Planning Needed to Achieve
Strategic Goals (Report, 3/18/93, GAO/HRD-93-10).
Veterans' Health Care: Potential Effects of Health Reforms on VA
Construction (Testimony, 3/3/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-7).
VA Health Care: Selection of a Planned Medical Center in East
Central Florida (Report, 3/1/93, GAO/HRD-93-77). Letter on same
topic (6/2/93, GAO/HRD-93-23R).
VA Health Care: Actions Needed to Control Major Construction Costs
(Report, 2/26/93, GAO/HRD-93-75).
Veterans Disability: Information From Military May Help VA Assess
Claims Related to Secret Tests (Report, 2/18/93, GAO/NSIAD-93-89).
Transition Series: Veterans' Affairs Issues (Report, 12/92,
GAO/OCG-93-21TR).
VA Health Care: Medical Centers Are Not Correcting Identified
Quality Assurance Problems (Report, 12/30/92, GAO/HRD-93-20).
VA Health Care: Closure and Replacement of the Medical Center in
Martinez, California (Report, 12/1/92, GAO/HRD-93-15).
VA Health Care: Use of Private Providers Should Be Better Controlled
(Report, 9/28/92, GAO/HRD-92-109).
VA Health Care: Verifying Veterans' Reported Income Could Generate
Millions in Copayment Revenues (Report, 9/15/92, GAO/HRD-92-159).
VA Health Care: VA Did Not Thoroughly Investigate All Allegations by
the Froelich Trust Group (Report, 9/4/92, GAO/HRD-92-141).
VA Health Care: Offsetting Long-Term Care Costs by Adopting State
Copayment Practices (Report, 8/12/92, GAO/HRD-92-96).
VA Health Care: Demonstration Project Concerning Future Structure of
Veterans' Health Program (Testimony, 8/11/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-53).
VA Health Care: Inadequate Controls Over Scarce Medical Specialist
Contracts (Testimony, 8/5/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-50). Report on same topic
(7/29/92, GAO/HRD-92-114).
VA Health Care: Role of the Chief of Nursing Service Should be
Elevated (Report, 8/4/92, GAO/HRD-92-74).
VA Health Care For Women: Despite Progress, Improvements Needed
(Testimony, 7/2/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-33). Testimony on same topic
(6/19/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-42). Report on same topic (1/23/92,
GAO/HRD-92-23).
VA Health Care: Alternative Health Insurance Reduces Demand for VA
Health Care (Report, 6/30/92, GAO/HRD-92-79).
VA Health Care: Copayment Exemption Procedures Should be Improved
(Report, 6/24/92, GAO/HRD-92-77).
VA Health Care: Delays in Awarding Major Construction Contracts
(Report, 6/11/92, GAO/HRD-92-111).
VA Health Care: Efforts to Improve Pharmacies' Controls Over
Addictive Drugs (Testimony, 6/10/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-38).
VA Health Care: The Quality of Care Provided by Some VA Psychiatric
Hospitals is Inadequate (Testimony, 6/3/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-37). Report
on same topic (4/22/92, GAO/HRD-92-17).
Health Care: VA's Implementation of the Nurse Pay Act of 1990
(Testimony, 6/3/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-35).
VA Health Care for Women: Despite Progress, Improvements Needed
(Testimony, 7/2/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-33). Testimony on same topic
(7/19/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-42). Report on same topic (1/23/92,
GAO/HRD-92-23).
VA Health Care: Alternative Health Insurance Reduces Demand for VA
Health Care (Report, 6/30/92, GAO/HRD-92-79).
VA Health Care: Copayment Exemption Procedures Should Be Improved
(Report, 6/24/92, GAO/HRD-92-77).
VA Health Care: Delays in Awarding Major Construction Contracts
(Report, 6/11/92, GAO/HRD-92-111).
VA Health Care: Efforts to Improve Pharmacies' Controls Over
Addictive Drugs (Testimony, 6/10/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-38).
Medical ADP Systems: Composite Health Care System Is Not Ready to be
Deployed (Report, 5/20/92, GAO/IMTEC-92-54).
VA Health Care: VA Plans Will Delay Establishment of Hawaii Medical
Center (Report, 2/25/92, GAO/HRD-92-41).
VA Health Care: Modernizing VA's Mail-Service Pharmacies Should Save
Millions of Dollars (Report, 1/22/92, GAO/HRD-92-30).
VA Health Care: Compliance With Joint Commission Accreditation
Requirements is Improving (Report, 12/13/91, GAO/HRD-92-19).
Medicaid: Changes in Drug Prices Paid by VA and DOD Since Enactment
of Rebate Provisions (Report, 9/18/91, GAO/HRD-91-139).
Health Care for Hawaii Veterans (Testimony, 8/16/91,
GAO/T-HRD-91-45).
VA Health Care: Telephone Service Should Be More Accessible to
Patients (Report, 7/31/91, GAO/HRD-91-110).
Controls Over Addictive Drugs in VA Pharmacies (Testimony, 6/19/91,
GAO/T- HRD-91-36).
VA Health Care: Inadequate Controls Over Addictive Drugs (Testimony,
6/19/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-101). Report on same topic (6/6/91,
GAO/HRD-91-101).
VA Health Care: Delays in Awarding Major Construction Contracts
(Report, 5/30/91, GAO/HRD-91-84).
Alcoholism Screening Procedures at VA Medical Centers (Testimony,
4/18/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-15). Report on same topic (3/27/91,
GAO/HRD-91-71).
Medical ADP Systems: Automated Medical Records Hold Promise to
Improve Patient Care (Report, 1/22/91, GAO/IMTEC-91-5).
VA Health Care: Actions in Response to VA's 1989 Mortality Study
(Report, 11/27/90, GAO/HRD-91-26).
Financial Audit: Department of Veterans Affairs Financial Statements
for Fiscal Years 1989 and 1988 (Report, 11/14/90, GAO/AFMD-91-6).
VA Health Care Cost Recoveries (Testimony, 6/20/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-40).
VA Health Care: Improvements Needed in Nursing Home Planning
(Report, 6/12/90, GAO/HRD-90-98).
VA Health Care: Better Procedures Needed to Maximize Collections
From Health Insurers (Report, 4/6/90, GAO/HRD-90-64).
VA Health Care: Delays in Awarding Major Construction Contracts
(Report, 4/5/90, GAO/HRD-90-91).
VA Health Care: Medical Centers Need to Improve Collection of
Veterans' Copayments (Report, 3/28/90, GAO/HRD-90-77).
VA Health Care: Veterans' Concerns About Services at Wilmington,
Delaware, Center (Report, 2/8/90, GAO/HRD-90-55BR).
Infection Control: VA Programs Are Comparable to Nonfederal Programs
But Can Be Enhanced (Report, 1/31/90, GAO/HRD-90-27).
VA Health Care: Nursing Issues at the Albuquerque Medical Center
Need Attention (Report, 1/30/90, GAO/HRD-90-65).
VETERANS' BENEFITS
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 5:3
Veterans' Benefits: Lack of Timeliness, Poor Communication Cause
Customer Dissatisfaction (Report, 9/20/94, GAO/HEHS-94-179).
Veterans' Benefits: Status of Claims Processing Initiative in VA's
New York Regional Office (Report, 6/17/94, GAO/HEHS-94-183BR).
Military Downsizing: Persons Returning to Civilian Life Need More
Help From DOD (Report, 1/21/94, GAO/HEHS-94-39).
Veterans Benefits: Redirected Modernization Shows Promise (Report,
12/9/93, GAO/AIMD-94-26).
Disabled Veterans Programs: U.S. Eligibility and Benefit Types
Compared With Five Other Countries (Report, 11/24/93, GAO/HRD-94-6).
Armed Forces Retirement Home (Letter, 11/3/93, GAO/HRD-94-49R).
DOD Military Disability Retirement (Report, 11/3/93,
(GAO/HRD-94-50R).
Homeownership: Appropriations Made to Finance VA's Housing Program
May Be Overestimated (Report, 9/8/93, GAO/RCED-93-173).
Veterans' Compensation: Premature Closing of VA Office in the
Philippines Could Be Costly (Report, 7/15/93, GAO/HRD-93-96).
Transition Series: Veterans Affairs Issues (Report, 12/92,
GAO/OCG-93-21TR).
Veterans' Benefits: Availability of Benefits in American Samoa
(Report, 11/18/92, GAO/HRD-93-16).
Vocational Rehabilitation: VA Needs to Emphasize Serving Veterans
With Serious Employment Handicaps (Report, 9/28/92, GAO/HRD-92-133).
Vocational Rehabilitation: Better VA Management Needed to Help
Disabled Veterans Find Jobs (Report, 9/4/92, GAO/HRD-92-100).
Disability Benefits: Selected Data on Military and VA Recipients
(Report, 8/13/92, GAO/HRD-92-106).
VA Life Insurance: Premiums and Program Reserves Need More Timely
Adjustments (Report, 7/20,92, GAO/HRD-92-71).
VA Life Insurance: Administrative Costs for Three Programs Should Be
Paid From Excess Funds (Report, 3/10/92, GAO/HRD-92-42).
Veterans' Benefits: Savings From Reducing VA Pensions to
Medicaid-Supported Nursing Home Residents (Report, 12/27/91,
GAO/HRD-92-32).
Veterans' Benefits: VA Needs to Verify Medical Expenses Claimed by
Pension Beneficiaries (Report, 7/29/91, GAO/HRD-91-94).
Veterans' Benefits: Information on Noncitizen Veterans Receiving VA
Disability Compensation (Report, 9/12/90, GAO/HRD-90-163FS).
Veterans' Benefits: Improved Management Needed to Reduce Waiting
Time for Appeal Decisions (Report, 5/25/90, GAO/HRD-90-62).
Financial Audit: VA Housing Credit Assistance Program Financial
Statements for Fiscal Years 1989 and 1988 (Report, 10/24/91,
GAO/AFMD-92-2).
Veterans' Benefits: VA Needs to Verify Medical Expenses Claimed by
Pension Beneficiaries (Report, 7/29/91, GAO/HRD-91-94).
Veterans' Benefits: VA Acts to Improve Quality Control System
(Report, 9/24/90, GAO/HRD-90-161BR).
Veterans' Benefits: Information on Noncitizen Veterans Receiving VA
Disability Compensation (Report, 9/12/90, GAO/HRD-90-163FS).
Veterans' Benefits: VA Needs Death Information From Social Security
to Avoid Erroneous Payments (Report, 7/27/90, GAO/HRD-90-110).
Veterans' Compensation: Medical Reports Adequate for Initial
Disability Ratings but Need to Be More Timely (Report, 5/30/90,
GAO/HRD-90-115).
Veterans' Benefits: Improved Management Needed to Reduce Waiting
Time for Appeal Decisions (Report, 5/25/90, GAO/HRD-90-62).
Veterans' Benefits: VA Needs Death Information From Social Security
to Avoid Erroneous Payments (Testimony, 5/18/90, GAO/T-HRD-90-28).
MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS
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David W. Bieritz
Susan Y. Higgins
James L. Kirkman
Tara J. Toliver
Stephen F. Palincsar
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