Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Medicare Program; Part A Premium for Calendar Year 2006 for the Uninsured Aged and for Certain Disabled Individuals Who Have Exhausted Other Entitlement
GAO-06-130R October 7, 2005Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)
SummaryGAO reviewed Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) new rule on the Part A premium for calendar year 2006 for the uninsured aged and for certain disabled individuals who have exhausted other entitlement. GAO found that (1) the rule announces the Hospital Insurance premium for calendar year 2006 under Medicare's Hospital Insurance program (Part A) for the uninsured, not otherwise eligible aged and for certain disabled individuals who have exhausted other entitlement; and (2) CMS complied with applicable requirements in promulgating the rule. |
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