Medicare: Improvements Needed to Enhance Protection of Confidential Health Information
Description:
A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed four areas related to the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) use of personally identifiable health information, focusing on: (1) HCFA's need for personally identifiable health information to manage the Medicare program and accomplish other purposes; (2) HCFA's policies and practices regarding disclosure of information on Medicare beneficiaries; (3) t…
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Date:
July 20, 1999
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department