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 2003-09-08 monographic deposited born digital 43 p. GA 1.13:GAO-03-958 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-958 P0b002ee18038f31e f:d03958 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-958 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-958 GAO-03-958 Beneficiaries Health care planning Health care programs Health care services Health surveys Managed health care Disease detection or diagnosis Medicare Program Other Written Product A08328 Medicare, the federal health program insuring almost 35 million beneficiaries age 65 and older, covers certain preventive services, such as flu shots and mammograms. Most beneficiaries receive care through Medicare's fee-for-service program, under which they generally receive these services as part of visits to the doctor for specific illnesses or conditions. Other beneficiaries receive services under Medicare's managed care program, called Medicare + Choice. GAO was asked to determine (1) the extent to which beneficiaries received recommended preventive services through existing visits, (2) whether approaches used by Medicare + Choice plans provide insight for improving delivery of preventive care services for fee-for-service beneficiaries, and (3) what the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is doing to explore suggested options for delivering preventive care to fee-for-service beneficiaries. GAO's work included analyzing data from four national health surveys and reviewing five Medicare + Choice plans considered to have innovative approaches to delivering preventive services. GAO also interviewed Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and CMS officials and reviewed documents on CMS demonstrations related to preventive services. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-958/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-958.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-958/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-958.pdf GAO-03-958 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-958 Other Written Product GAO-03-958; Medicare: Most Beneficiaries Receive Some but Not All Recommended Preventive Services; Beneficiaries Health care planning Health care programs Health care services Health surveys Managed health care Disease detection or diagnosis Medicare Program Volume 100 Page 82 100 Stat. 82 Volume 104 Page 1388 104 Stat. 1388 Volume 111 Page 343 111 Stat. 343 Volume 114 Page 2763 114 Stat. 2763 Public Law 99-272 Public Law 101-508 Public Law 105-33 Public Law 106-554