About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline

HRD-79-72 1 (1979-05-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaazdr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 




B Y     rE       MRRO±               ONE



Report To The Congress


OF THE UN, ED STATES




Health Maintenance Organizations:

Federal Financing Is Adequate

But HEW Must Continue

Improving Program Management


The 1978 amendments to the Health Mainte-
nance Organization Act required GAO to de-
termine whetter Federal grants and loans are
adequate to help develop new health mainte-
nance organizations (HMOs) and expand ex-
isting ones, and to evaluate the effectiveness
of the policies and procedures for administer-
ing these programs.

Viable, well-managed HMOs should need no
more than $4 million--the amount specified
by law--to cover operating losses and should
be able to achieve financial independence
within 5 years after becoming qualified. In
order to minimize the Government's risk on
loans to HMOs, HEW needs to develop a
strategy to assess the financial soundness
of an HMO.

HEW's Office of Health Maintenance Organi-
zations has improved its administration of
the program since June 30, 1978, but needs
to expedite its efforts to issue formal policies
and regulations, see that staffing shortages do
not occur, and provide adequate guidance to        V
regional personnel who help administer the        V
grant program.
   U ST.,





                                                                  HRD-79-72
   4Ccni 1rt                                                     MAY 1. 1979

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

profiles profiles most