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Electronic Health Records: DOD Has Deployed New System but …

WEBDOD provides crucial health care services to millions of service members, retirees, and their families. DOD has been working to modernize how it handles patients' …

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Maternal Health: HHS Should Improve Assessment of Efforts to …

WEBThe White House Blueprint for Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis was released in June 2022 in response to worsening outcomes and disparities. It highlights …

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What About the Next Pandemic

WEBWe have made about 400 recommendations to improve the government’s response for future public health emergencies. Congress and agencies have taken …

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For World Health Day (April 7), We Look At U.S. Efforts to Promote

WEBWhen it comes to communicable diseases, it turns out, it is a small world after all. Serious diseases like COVID-19, AIDS, and mpox (previously known as monkeypox) …

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Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Benefits and Challenges of

WEBWhat GAO Found. Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools have shown promise for augmenting patient care in the following two areas: Clinical AI tools have shown promise …

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Maternal and Infant Health: HHS Should Strengthen Processes for

WEBWhat GAO Found. The U.S. has the highest rates of maternal and infant death of developed, high-income countries. The Healthy Start program, administered by …

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April 2024 ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS

WEBFor more information, contact Carol Harris at (202) 512-4456, or [email protected]. Why GAO Did This Study DOD’s health care system is one of the

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COVID-19: Pandemic Lessons Highlight Need for Public Health …

WEBWhat GAO Found. Since 2006, multiple federal laws have mandated that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) take steps to improve the nation's …

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Public Health Preparedness: Building and Maintaining …

WEBWhat GAO Found. The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the importance of a strong public health infrastructure to prepare for and respond to threats, including a …

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Medicaid: COVID-19 Vaccination Data Access and Strategies Used …

WEBWhat GAO Found. Six selected state Medicaid programs GAO reviewed varied in their ability to obtain data on beneficiaries with COVID-19 vaccinations from …

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Maternal Health: Outcomes Worsened and Disparities Persisted …

WEBMaternal deaths increased during the pandemic compared to 2018 and 2019. COVID-19 contributed to 25% of maternal deaths in 2020 and 2021. The maternal …

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Health Centers: Revenue, Grant Funding, and Methods for …

WEBHealth centers provide primary care in places with a shortage of health care services. They served over 30 million people in 2022—regardless of their ability to pay.

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COVID-19: HHS Funds Allocated to Support Disproportionately …

WEBGAO found that these agencies directed $29 billion (over 35 percent) of this funding to programs specifically supporting communities disproportionately affected by …

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Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare

WEBGAO reviewed the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) new rule entitled "Medicaid Program; …

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The Nation’s Fiscal Health: After Pandemic Recovery, Focus …

WEBThe COVID-19 pandemic required a major federal response. But even before that, the federal government's long-term fiscal path was unsustainable because …

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Health Care Advisory Committees U.S. GAO

WEBThe Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 established the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee to provide comments …

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Why Health Care Is Harder to Access in Rural America

[email protected]. (202) 512-7114. More than 60 million Americans—about one-fifth of the U.S. population—live in rural areas. On average, rural …

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Public Health Preparedness: Mpox Response Highlights Need for …

WEBHealth and Human Services was initially charged with coordinating the federal response to a 2022 global outbreak of mpox—a smallpox-related virus

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Prescription Drugs: Selected States' Regulation of Pharmacy …

WEBPrivate health plans contract with pharmacy benefit managers—companies that help oversee prescription drug benefits and control costs. We studied 5 states that …

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Private Health Insurance: Roll out of Independent Dispute …

WEBWhat GAO Found. The No Surprises Act directed the departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and Treasury to establish a federal independent …

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IRS Financial Reporting: Improvements Needed in Information …

WEBEach year, we audit the IRS's financial statements and issue opinions regarding these statements and related internal controls (i.e., processes in place to …

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GAO-24-106898, PRESCRIPTION DRUGS: Selected States’ …

WEBPage 1 GAO-24-106898 Prescription Drugs . 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 . March 18, 2024 The Honorable Virginia Foxx Chairwoman Committee on Education and …

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Financial Literacy: Better Outcome Reporting Could Facilitate …

WEBGAO is making two recommendations —specifically, that Treasury and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau coordinate with each other and with Commission …

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