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451. Social Security disability: additional measures and evaluation needed to enhance accuracy and consistency of hearings decisions : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Social Security, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives

Publication:
Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, December 2017
Subject(s):
Disability Evaluation
Social Security -- legislation & jurisprudence
Disabled Persons -- legislation & jurisprudence
Employment
Forecasting
Social Security -- trends
Humans
United States
United States. Social Security Administration.

452. FDA medical device reviews: evaluation is needed to assure requests for additional information follow a least burdensome approach : report to Congressional requestors

Publication:
Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, December 2017
Subject(s):
Device Approval -- standards
Equipment Safety
Federal Government
Forecasting
Government Regulation
Inservice Training
Humans
United States
United States. Food and Drug Administration.

453. Generic drugs: FDA should make public its plans to issue and revise guidance on nonbiological complex drugs : report to Congressional requesters

Publication:
Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, December 2017
Subject(s):
Drug Approval
Drugs, Generic
Therapeutic Equivalency
Chemistry, Pharmaceutical
Doxorubicin
Drug Development
Enoxaparin
Glatiramer Acetate
Gluconates
Propofol
Humans
United States
United States. Food and Drug Administration.

454. Medicaid: CMS should take additional steps to improve assessments of individuals' needs for home- and community-based services : report to Congressional requesters

Publication:
Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, December 2017
Subject(s):
Community Health Services
Eligibility Determination -- methods
Health Services Needs and Demand
Home Care Services
Medicaid
Needs Assessment
Conflict of Interest
Managed Care Programs
State Government
Humans
United States
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.)

455. Medicare Part B: Medicare represented at least half of the market for 22 of the 84 most expensive drugs in 2015 : report to Congressional requesters

Publication:
Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, December 2017
Subject(s):
Drug Costs
Health Care Sector
Health Expenditures
Medicare Part B -- economics
Insurance, Health, Reimbursement
Medicare Part B -- statistics & numerical data
Humans
United States

456. Veterans affairs contracting: improvements in buying medical and surgical supplies could yield cost savings and efficiency : testimony before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives

Publication:
Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, December 7, 2017
Subject(s):
Purchasing, Hospital -- economics
Veterans Health -- economics
Contract Services
Cost Control
Cost Savings
Economic Competition
Equipment and Supplies -- economics
Formularies as Topic
Humans
United States
United States. Department of Veterans Affairs.

457. Understanding the market for implantable medical devices

Author(s):
Lind, Keith D., author
Publication:
Washington, DC : AARP Public Policy Institute, August 2017
Subject(s):
Health Care Sector
Prostheses and Implants -- economics
Purchasing, Hospital -- economics
Competitive Bidding
Cost Control
Disclosure
Health Care Reform
Insurance, Health, Reimbursement
Registries
Reimbursement Mechanisms
Risk Sharing, Financial
Humans
United States

458. Implantable devices: regulatory framework and reform options

Author(s):
Lind, Keith D., author
Publication:
Washington, DC : AARP Public Policy Institute, August 2017
Subject(s):
Government Regulation
Prostheses and Implants -- adverse effects
Prostheses and Implants -- standards
Clinical Trials as Topic
Device Approval
Equipment Failure
Equipment Safety
Product Surveillance, Postmarketing
Registries
Humans
United States
United States. Food and Drug Administration.

460. Experience has taught us that high-risk pools do not serve consumers well

Author(s):
Flowers, Lynda, author
Noel-Miller, Claire, author
Publication:
Washington, DC. : AARP Public Policy Institute, March 2017
Subject(s):
Insurance, Health -- economics
Preexisting Condition Coverage -- economics
Risk Sharing, Financial -- economics
Health Care Reform -- economics
Insurance Coverage -- economics
State Government
Humans
United States
United States.