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Advising the Congress on Medicare issues
MedPAC > Recommendations > Medicare beneficiaries’ access to quality health care (A)

Medicare beneficiaries’ access to quality health care (A)

March 2, 2000

The Secretary should periodically identify potential problems in beneficiaries’ access to care that arise in the evolving Medicare program and should report annually to the Congress on findings from studies undertaken to examine those potential problems.

Appeared in: March 2000 - Chapter 2

Topics: Quality.