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MWD-76-30 1 (1975-09-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaaqh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 2< UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 . MANPOWER AND WELFARE DIVISION September 17, 1975 B-164031 (3) - The Honorable Edward I. Koch House of Representatives Dear Mr. Koch: This is in response to your letter of June 19, 1975, referring to a proposed bill, H.R. 4772 The National Home Health Care Act of 1975, and requesting. that we provide you with information on the comparative costs for equivalent services of home health care and institutionalization in nursing homes or hospitals. We have furnished your,-staff with studies and material prepared by others on home health care. I We reviewed 32 publications and documents dealing with home health care, which included reviews of programs, analyses of cost effectiveness as compared with institutionalization, testimony before congressional committees, and various studies. Enclosure I contains a listing of the material. We have provided your staff with copies of the material, and also a copy of our report of July 9, 1974, entitled Home Health Care Benefits Under Medicare and Medicaid. Enclosure 2 contains January 1975 HEW Medicaid statistics. This data shows that the $7.9 million in-home health care benefits paid during that month represented less than 1 percent of the total State and Federal 1,Medicaid expenditures of about $1 billion. At a meeting with you on July 17, 1975, you asked for information on the number of people who have used all of their home health visit benefits under NMdicare. At our request, the Social Security Adminis- tration (SSA), provided the data contained in enclosure 3. These data sho;.; the number of people who have used home health visits under the Hospital Insurance portion of .edicare (Part A) in terms of the most recent benefit period for which data was available. MWD-76-30 ;o o •

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