United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2003-04-11 monographic deposited born digital 54 p. GA 1.13:GAO-03-175 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-175 P0b002ee18038ae51 f:d03175 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-175 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-175 GAO-03-175 Health care programs Health insurance Health services administration Program management Managed health care Medicare Program Other Written Product A06630 Critical choices on whether new technology will be covered for Medicare's 40 million beneficiaries are made nationally by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)--the agency that administers Medicare--or locally by contractors that process and pay claims. GAO was asked to review the degree to which new procedures and devices are incorporated into Medicare, the effect of Medicare coverage policy-making processes on beneficiaries, and to what extent CMS has addressed concerns about its national coverage process. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-175/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-175.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-175/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-175.pdf GAO-03-175 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-175 Other Written Product GAO-03-175; Medicare: Divided Authority for Policies on Coverage of Procedures and Devices Results in Inequities; Health care programs Health insurance Health services administration Program management Managed health care Medicare Program Title 5 Appendix 5 5 U.S.C. App. 5 Volume 110 Page 1936 110 Stat. 1936 Volume 111 Page 251 111 Stat. 251 Volume 114 Page 2761 Volume 114 Page 2763A 114 Stat. 2761 114 Stat. 2763A Public Law 105-33 Public Law 106-191 Public Law 106-554