M | Office of Evaluation and Inspections

Malpractice

• National Practitioner Data Bank: Malpractice Reporting Requirements (OEI-01-90-00521; 4/92)
• Medical Malpractice Insurance and the Community Health Centers (OEI-01-91-01550; 12/91)
• Medical Malpractice: A Monograph of Current Information (OAI-09-89-00300; 6/89)

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Mammography

• Lessons from Inspections of Mammography Facilities (OEI-05-92-00300; 5/94)

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Managed Care

• see also: School-Based Health | Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs)
• Home and Community-Based Services in Assisted Living Facilities (OEI-09-08-00360)
• Excluded Individuals Employed by Providers Enrolled in Medicaid Managed Care Entities (OEI-07-09-00632)
• States Collection of Medicaid Rebates for Drugs Paid Through Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (OEI-03-11-00480)
• Excluded Providers in Medicaid Managed Care Plans (OEI-07-09-00630)
• Medicare Advantage Organizations' Identification of Potential Fraud and Abuse (OEI-03-10-00310)
• Medicaid Managed Care: Fraud and Abuse Concerns Remain Despite Safeguards (OEI-01-09-00550)
• Medicaid Managed Care Encounter Data: Collection and Use (OEI-07-06-00540)
• Fee-For-Service Payments for Services Covered by Capitated Medicaid Managed Care (OEI-07-05-00320)
• Dispute Resolution for Medicaid Managed Care Enrollees (OEI-09-99-00450; 06/01)
• Managed Care Organization Nonreporting to the National Practitioner Data Bank: A Signal for BroaderConcern (OEI-01-99-00690; 05/01)
• Federally Funded Health Centers and Low Income Children's Health Care: Improving SCHIP Enrollmentand Adapting to a Managed Care Environment (OEI-06-98-00321, 12/00)
• Chiropractic Care: Comparison of Medicare Managed Care and Fee-For-Service (OEI-04-97-00495; 6/00)
• Medicare Managed Care: Goals of National Marketing Guide (OEI-03-98-00270; 2/00)
• Medicare Managed Care: Marketing Materials (OEI-03-98-00271; 2/00)
• Mandatory Managed Care: Changes in Medicaid Mental Health Services (OEI-04-97-00340; 1/00)
• Mandatory Managed Care: Early Lessons Learned by Medicaid Mental Health Services (OEI-04-97-00343;1/00)
• Mandatory Managed Care: Children's Access to Medicaid Mental Health Services (OEI-04-97-00344;1/00)
• CHIP's Impact on Changing Service Delivery of Federal Health Centers: Six Case Studies (OEI-06-98-00320;10/99)
• Y2K Readiness of Medicare Fee for Service Providers as of July 1999 (OEI-03-98-00253; 10/99)
• Y2K Readiness of Managed Care Organizations as of July 1999 (OEI-05-98-00591; 10/99)
• Public Health and Managed Care: Opportunities for Collaboration (OEI-01-98-00170; 7/99)
• Medicaid Managed Care Fraud and Abuse (OEI-07-96-00250; 6/99)
• Y2K Readiness of Managed Care Organizations (OEI-05-98-00590; 5/99)
• Chiropractic Services Covered by Medicare Managed Care Organizations (OEI-04-97-00494; 1/99)
• Medicare's Oversight of Managed Care: Monitoring Plan Performance (OEI-O1-96-00190; 5/98)
• Medicare's Oversight of Managed Care: Implications for Regional Staffing (OEI-01-96-00191; 5/98)
• Medicaid Managed Care and HIV/AIDS (OEI-05-97-00210; 4/97)
• Retooling State Medicaid Agencies for Managed Care (OEI-01-95-00260; 8/97)
• Medicaid Managed Care: Use of Surveys as a Beneficiary Protection Tool (OEI-01-95-00280; 5/97)
• Medicaid Managed Care and EPSDT (OEI-05-93-00290; 5/97)
• Beneficiary Perspectives of Medicare Risk HMOs (OEI-06-91-00736; 03/95)
• Medicaid Managed Health Care Programs (OAI-07-86-00040; 2/87)

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Management Reviews

• Louisiana State Medicaid Fraud Control Unit: 2012 Onsite Review (OEI-09-12-00010)
• New Hampshire Medicaid Fraud Control Unit: 2012 Onsite Review (OEI-02-12-00180)
• South Carolina State Medicaid Fraud Control Unit: 2011 Onsite Review (OEI-09-11-00610)
• Kansas State Medicaid Fraud Control Unit: 2012 Onsite Review (OEI-07-12-00200)
• Missouri State Medicaid Fraud Control Unit: 2011 Onsite Review (OEI-07-11-00750)
• New York State Medicaid Fraud Control Unit: 2011 Onsite Review (OEI-02-11-00440)
• NIH Administration of the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program (OEI-07-09-00300)
• Medicare Part D Reconciliation Payments for 2006 and 2007 (OEI-02-08-00460)
• Department of Health and Human Services Employee Travel Cards: Usage and Internal Controls (OEI-07-07-00480)
• Medicare Part D Sponsors: Estimated Reconciliation Amounts for 2006 (OEI-02-07-00460)
• Advisory and Assistance Services: A Practical Reference Guide (OEI-07-99-00430; 1/01)
• The Indian Health Service Equal Employment Opportunity Complaints Process: A Management Review (OEI-05-99-00290; 7/00)
• The Program Support Center's Personnel Service: Customer Service Evaluation (OEI-09-98-00140,3/00)
• Indian Health Service: A Management Evaluation of Program Integrity and Ethics Functions (OEI-04-97-00060;11/98)
• Surveying Staff to Identify Unnecessary Management Regulations and Internal Controls: Trackingand Analysis (OEI-09-94-00211; 4/96)
• Surveying Staff to Identify Unnecessary Internal Controls: Methodology and Results (OEI-09-94-00210;3/95)
• Independent Living Program for Foster Care Youths: Strategies for Improved ACF Management andProgram Reporting (OEI-01-93-00090; 11/94)
• Hotline Referral Follow-Up (OEI-12-90-01060; 1/91)
• Management Advisory Services: Lessons Learned (OAI-05-87-00019;4/88)
• Streamlining Regulations Development in the Department of Health and Human Services (OAI-03-88-00180;7/88)
• Injury Control (OEI-02-92-00310; 11/91)

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Marketing

• Dietary Supplements: Structure/Function Claims Fail To Meet Federal Requirements (OEI-01-11-00210)
• Medicaid Brand-Name Drugs: Rising Prices Are Offset by Manufacturer Rebates (OEI-03-10-00260)
• Medicare Market Shares of Mail Order Diabetic Testing Strips (OEI-04-10-00130)
• Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) Sponsor Internet Web Sites: Content and Accessibility (OEI-06-06-00340)
• Medicare Advantage Marketing Materials for Calendar Year 2005 (OEI-01-05-00130; 8/06)
• Blood Glucose Test Strips: Marketing to Medicare Beneficiaries (OEI-03-98-00231, 6/00)
• Medicare Managed Care: Goals of National Marketing Guide (OEI-03-98-00270; 2/00)
• Medicare Managed Care: Marketing Materials (OEI-03-98-00271; 2/00)
• Marketing of Incontinence Supplies (OEI-03-94-00770; 12/94)
• Marketing of Wound Care Supplies (OEI-03-94-00791; 10/95)
• Marketing of Orthotic Body Jackets (OEI-04-92-01081; 3/94)
• Marketing Practices of South Florida HMOs Serving Medicare Beneficiaries (OEI-04-91-00630; 11/91)
• Postmarketing Studies of Prescription Drugs (OEI-03-94-00760; 5/96)
• Prescription Drug Advertisements in Medical Journals (OEI-01-90-00482; 6/92)
• Youth and Alcohol: Summary of Research--Alcohol Advertising's Effect on Youth (OEI-09-91-00651;1/92)
• Youth and Alcohol: Controlling Alcohol Advertising that Appeals to Youth (OEI-09-91-00654; 10/91)

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Marrow Donor Program

• see also: Organs and Organ Transplants
• The National Marrow Donor Program: Progress in Minority Recruitment (OEI-01-95-00120; 12/96)
• The National Marrow Donor Program: Effectiveness in Retaining Donors (OEI-01-95-00121; 12/96)
• The National Marrow Donor Program: Geographic Overlap Among Donor Centers (OEI-01-95-00122; 12/96)
• The National Marrow Donor Program: Financing Donor Centers (OEI-01-95-00123; 12/96)

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McKinney Act

• see also: Homelessness
• State and Local Perspectives on the McKinney Act (OEI-05-90-01090; 12/90)

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Medicaid Fraud Control Units

• Louisiana State Medicaid Fraud Control Unit: 2012 Onsite Review (OEI-09-12-00010)
• New Hampshire Medicaid Fraud Control Unit: 2012 Onsite Review (OEI-02-12-00180)
• South Carolina State Medicaid Fraud Control Unit: 2011 Onsite Review (OEI-09-11-00610)
• Kansas State Medicaid Fraud Control Unit: 2012 Onsite Review (OEI-07-12-00200)
• Missouri State Medicaid Fraud Control Unit: 2011 Onsite Review (OEI-07-11-00750)
• New York State Medicaid Fraud Control Unit: 2011 Onsite Review (OEI-02-11-00440)

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Medicaid Hassle

• Medicaid Hassle: State Responses to Physician Complaints (OEI-01-92-00100; 3/92)

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Medicaid Management Issues

• Excluded Medicaid Providers: Analysis of Enrollment (OEI-09-08-00330)
• Medicaid-Funded Personal Care Services in Excess of 24 Hours per Day (OEI-07-06-00621)
• Payments Made in Error for Personal Care Services During Institutional Stays (OEI-07-06-00620)
• State Medicaid Agency Referrals to the Office of Inspector General Exclusions Program (OEI-01-06-00301)
• Unit of Measure Inconsistencies in the Medicaid Prescription Drug Program (OEI-05-07-00050)
• Self-Declaration of U.S. Citizenship for Medicaid (OEI-02-03-00190; 08/05)
• Transfer Of Assets In The Medicaid Program: A Case Study In Washington State (OAI-09-88-01340)
• Medicaid Estate Recoveries (OAI-09-86-00078; 8/88)

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Medicaid Safeguards

• MSIS Data Usefulness for Detecting Fraud, Waste, and Abuse (OEI-04-07-00240)
• Medicaid: Proactive Safeguards (OEI-05-99-00070)
• Medicaid: Claims Processing Safeguards (OEI-05-99-00071)
• Medicaid: Post Payment Safeguards (OEI-05-99-00072)

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Medical Boards and Licensure

• Medicare Licensing Requirements for Prescription Drug Suppliers (OEI-07-98-00460; 5/99)
• The Peer Review Organizations and State Medical Boards: A Vital Link (OEI-01-92-00530; 4/93)
• The Licensure of Out-of-State Dentists (OEI-01-92-00820; 8/93)
• State Dental Boards and Dental Discipline (OEI-01-92-00821; 8/93)
• National Practitioner Data Bank: Usefulness and Impact of Reports to State Licensing Boards (OEI-01-90-00523;3/93)
• State Medical Boards and Quality-of-Care Cases: Promising Approaches (OEI-01-92-00050; 2/93)
• Federal Initiatives to Improve State Medical Boards' Performance (OEI-01-93-00020; 2/93)
• Performance Indicators, Annual Reports, and State Medical Discipline: A State-by-State Review (OEI-01-89-00563; 7/91)
• Quality Assurance Activities of Medical Licensure Authorities in the United States and Canada (OEI-01-89-00561; 2/91)
• State Medical Boards and Medical Discipline (OEI-01-89-00560; 8/90)
• State Medical Boards and Medical Discipline: A State-by-State Review (OEI-01-89-00562; 8/90)
• State Discipline of Pharmacists (OEI-01-89-89020; 8/90)
• State Licensure and Discipline of Optometrists (OAI-01-88-00582; 2/89)
• State Licensure and Discipline of Chiropractors (OAI-01-88-00581; 1/89)
• State Licensure and Discipline of Podiatrists (OAI-01-88-00583; 12/88)
• State Licensure and Discipline of Dentists (OAI-01-88-00580; 8/88)
• Medical Licensure and Discipline (OAI-01-86-00064; 6/86)

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Medical Devices and Equipment

• Medicare Supplier Acquisition Costs for L0631 Back Orthoses (OEI-03-11-00600)
• Supplier Billing for Diabetes Test Strips and Inappropriate Supplier Activities in Competitive Bidding Areas (OEI-04-11-00760)
• CMS Has Not Promulgated Regulations To Establish Payment Requirements for Prosthetics and Custom-Fabricated Orthotics (OEI-07-10-00410)
• Questionable Billing Patterns of Portable X-Ray Suppliers (OEI-12-10-00190)
• Program Integrity Problems With Newly Enrolled Medicare Equipment Suppliers (OEI-06-09-00230)
• Use of Surety Bonds to Recover Overpayments Made to Suppliers of Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies: Early Findings (OEI-03-11-00351)
• Questionable Billing by Suppliers of Lower Limb Prostheses (OEI-02-10-00170)
• Status of OIG Report on Competitive Bidding Program: Supplier Influence on Physician Prescribing (OEI-06-11-00080)
• Most Power Wheelchairs in the Medicare Program Did Not Meet Medical Necessity Guidelines (OEI-04-09-00260)
• Medicare Market Shares of Mail Order Diabetic Testing Strips (OEI-04-10-00130)
• A Review of Claims for Capped Rental Durable Medical Equipment (OEI-07-08-00550)
• Medicare Power Wheelchair Claims Frequently Did Not Meet Documentation Requirements (OEI-04-07-00401)
• Vulnerabilities in Medicare Payments for Pressure Reducing Support Surfaces (OEI-02-07-00421)
• Adverse Event Reporting for Medical Devices (OEI-01-08-00110)
• Power Wheelchairs in the Medicare Program: Supplier Acquisition Costs and Services (OEI-04-07-00400)
• Inappropriate Medicare Payments for Pressure Reducing Support Surfaces (OEI-02-07-00420)
• Part B Services During Non-Part A Nursing Home Stays: Durable Medical Equipment (OEI-06-07-00100)
• Miscoded Claims for Power Wheelchairs in the Medicare Program (OEI-04-07-00403)
• Comparison of Prices for Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Pumps (OEI-02-07-00660)
• Medicare Payments in 2007 for Medical Equipment and Supply Claims With Invalid or Inactive Referring Physician Identifiers (OEI-04-08-00470; 02/09)
• Payments to Medicare Suppliers and Home Health Agencies Associated With ?Currently Not Collectible? Overpayments (OEI-06-07-00080)
• South Florida Durable Medical Equipment Suppliers: Results of Appeals (OEI-03-07-00540)
• Los Angeles County Suppliers? Compliance With Medicare Standards: Results From Unannounced Visits (OEI-09-07-00550)
• A Comparison of Medicare Program and Consumer Internet Prices for Power Wheelchairs (OEI-04-07-00160)
• Medicare Payments for Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Pumps in 2004 (OEI-02-05-00370)
• South Florida Suppliers? Compliance With Medicare Standards: Results From Unannounced Visits (OEI-03-07-00150)
• Medical Equipment Suppliers: Compliance With Medicare Enrollment Requirements (OEI-04-05-00380)
• Medicaid Provider Enrollment Safeguards: Medical Equipment Providers (OEI-04-05-00180)
• Home Oxygen Equipment: Cost and Servicing (OEI-09-04-00420)
• Medicare Payment Rates for Home OxygenEquipment (OEI-09-03-00160)
• A Comparison of Prices for Power Wheelchairs in the Medicare Program (OEI-03-03-00460;04/04)
• Medicare Payments for Power Wheelchairs (OEI-03-02-00600; 04/04)
• Durable Medical Equipment Ordered with Surrogate Physician Identification Numbers (OEI-03-01-00270; 09/02)
• Medicare Maintenance Payments for Capped Rental Equipment (OEI-03-00-00410; 06/02)
• Medical Equipment and Supply Claims with Invalid or Inactive Physician Numbers (OEI-03-01-00110;11/01)
• Medical Equipment Suppliers: Compliance With Medicare Standards (OEI-04-99-00670; 08/01)
• Respiratory Assist Devices With Back-up Rate (OEI-07-99-00440; 06/01)
• Balance Billing for Medical Equipment and Supplies (OEI-07-99-00510; 01/01)
• Blood Glucose Test Strips: Inappropriate Medicare Payments (OEI-03-98-00230, 6/00)
• Blood Glucose Test Strips: Marketing to Medicare Beneficiaries (OEI-03-98-00231, 6/00)
• Medicare Losses Resulting from Early Payments for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics,and Supplies (OEI-03-99-00620; 6/00)
• Health Care Financing Administration Controls Are Not Preventing Duplicate Payments (OEI-04-97-00460;5/00)
• Medicare Payments for Orthotics: Inappropriate Payments (OEI-02-99-00120; 3/00)
• Medicare Payments for Orthotics: Carrier Perspectives (OEI-02-99-00121; 3/00)
• Medicare Allowed Charges for Orthotic Body Jackets (OEI-04-97-00391; 3/00)
• Medicare Payments for Services After Date of Death (OEI-03-99-00200; 3/00)
• Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carriers: Meeting HCFA's Objectives (OEI-04-97-00330; 2/00)
• Use of Universal Product Numbers for Medical Equipment and Supplies (OEI-07-99-00230; 12/99)
• Medicare Payments for Orthotic Body Jackets (OEI-04-97-00390; 9/99)
• Usage and Documentation of Home Oxygen Therapy (OEI-03-96-00090; 8/99)
• Ordering Medicare Equipment and Supplies: Physician Patient Relationship (OEI-02-97-00080; 3/99)
• Ordering Medicare Equipment and Supplies: Physicians' Perspectives (OEI-02-97-00081; 3/99)
• Medicare Payments for Therapeutic Shoes (OEI-03-97-00300; 8/98)
• Are Medicare Allowances for Albuterol Sulfate Reasonable? (OEI-03-97-00292; 8/98)
• Medicare Allowances for Lymphedema Pumps (OEI-04-97-00130; 7/98)
• Medicare Part B Allowances for Wound Care Supplies (OEI-03-94-00793; 6/98)
• Medical Equipment Suppliers: Assuring Legitimacy (OEI-04-96-00240; 12/97)
• Portable Imaging Services: A Costly Option (OEI-09-95-00090; 11/97)
• Portable Imaging Services: Nursing Home Perspectives (OEI-09-95-00091; 11/97)
• Medicare Orthotics (OEI-02-95-00380; 11/97)
• Medicare Payments for Pressure Reducing Support Services (OEI-02-95-00370; 6/97)
• Questionable Practices Involving Nebulizer Drug Therapy (OEI-03-94-00391; 3/97)
• Medicare Payments for Enteral Nutrition Therapy Equipment and Supplies (OEI-06-92-00866; 5/97)
• Payments for Prescription Drugs Used with Nebulizers (OEI-03-94-00390; 2/96)
• A Comparison of Albuterol Sulfate Prices (OEI-03-94-00392; 6/96)
• Suppliers' Acquisition Costs for Albuterol Sulfate (OEI-03-94-00393; 6/96)
• Payment for Durable Medical Equipment Billed During Skilled Nursing Facility Stays (OEI-06-92-00860;10/94)
• Durable Medical Equipment Payments in Nursing Homes (OEI-06-92-00862; 3/96)
• Questionable Medicare Payments for Wound Care Supplies (OEI-03-94-00790; 10/95)
• Marketing of Wound Care Supplies (OEI-03-94-00791; 10/95)
• Wound Care Supplies: ORT Data (OEI-03-94-00792; 10/95)
• Investigational Devices: Four Case Studies (OEI-05-94-00100; 4/95)
• Medicare Allowances for Incontinence Supplies (OEI-03-94-00773; 3/97)
• Medicaid Payments for Incontinence Supplies (OEI-03-94-00771; 11/95)
• Marketing of Incontinence Supplies (OEI-03-94-00770; 12/94)
• Questionable Medicare Payments for Incontinence Supplies (OEI-03-94-00772; 12/94)
• Medicare Payments for Orthotic Body Jackets (OEI-04-92-01080; 6/94)
• Marketing of Orthotic Body Jackets (OEI-04-92-01081; 3/94)
• Trends in Home Oxygen Use (OEI-03-91-00710; 8/91)
• Oxygen Concentrator Services (OEI-03-91-01710; 11/94)
• Oxygen Concentrator Reimbursement: Medicare and the Department of Veterans Affairs (OEI-03-91-00711;8/91)
• Low-Cost Ultrasound Equipment (OEI-03-88-01401; 8/91)
• Zero Crossers (OEI-03-91-00460; 8/91)
• Medicare Carriers' Policies for Transcranial Dopplers: A New Technology (OEI-03-91-00951; 3/93)
• Pocket Dopplers (OEI-03-91-00461; 6/91)
• Pricing of Seat Lift Chairs (OEI-02-90-02090; 5/90)
• Medicare Carrier Assessment of New Technologies (OEI-01-88-00010; 5/90)
• Medicare Coverage of Power-Operated Vehicles (OAI-02-89-01110; 8/89)
• Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) Devices (OAI-02-88-00060; 7/89)
• Medicare Coverage of Seat Lift Chairs (OAI-02-88-00100; 2/89)
• Medicare Intermediary Reimbursement to Home Health Agencies for Durable Medical Equipment (OAI-02-87-00016;8/88)
• Medicare Reimbursement for At-Home Oxygen Care (OAI-04-87-00017; 12/87)
• FDA Medical Device Regulation: From Premarket Review to Recall (OEI-09-90-00040; 2/91)
• Home Testing Devices: FDA Clearance and Monitoring Activities (OAI-12-89-01360;10/89)

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Medical Discipline

• see: Medical Boards and Licensure

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Medical Labs

• see: Laboratories

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Medical Supplies

• see: Medical Devices and Equipment

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Medical Practice Guidelines

• Medicare and Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Training in Medical Education (OEI-01-10-00140)
• The NIH Consensus Development Program: Dissemination of Findings Through Medical School ContinuingEducation Activities (OEI-01-91-01760; 2/94)

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Medicare + Choice

• see also: Manged Care
• Medicare HMO Prescription Drug Benefits (OEI-03-00-00430; 05/02)
• Physician Incentive Plan Reporting for Medicare + Choice Organizations (OEI 05-00-00010)
• Medicare + Choice HMO Extra Benefits: Beneficiary Perspectives (OEI-02-99-00030; 2/00)
• Y2K Readiness of Managed Care Organizations as of July 1999 (OEI-05-98-00591; 10/99)
• Y2K Readiness of Managed Care Organizations (OEI-05-98-00590; 5/99)

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Medicare Benefits

• Ensuring That Medicare Part D Reimbursement Is Limited to Drugs Provided for Medically Accepted Indications (OEI 07 08 00152)
• Medicare Payments for Newly Available Generic Drugs (OEI-03-09-00510)
• Medicare Part D Pharmacy Discounts for 2008 (OEI-02-10-00120)
• Payment for Drugs Under the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OEI-03-09-00420)
• Invalid Prescriber Identifiers on Medicare Part D Drug Claims (OEI-03-09-00140)
• Beneficiaries Remain Vulnerable to Sales Agents' Marketing of Medicare Advantage Plans (OEI-05-09-00070)
• Midyear Formulary Changes in Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (OEI-01-08-00540)
• Accuracy of Part D Plans' Drug Prices on the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Finder (OEI-03-07-00600)
• Medicare Part B Chemotherapy Administration: Payment and Policy (OEI-09-08-00190)
• Inaccurate Data in the Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System Individual Global Extract File (OEI-07-08-00181)
• Effect of the Part D Coverage Gap on Medicare Beneficiaries Without Financial Assistance in 2006 (OEI-05-07-00610)
• Marketing Materials for Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (OEI-01-06-00050)
• Tracking Beneficiaries? True Out-of-Pocket Costs for the Part D Prescription Drug Benefit (OEI-03-06-00360)
• 1-800-MEDICARE: Caller Satisfaction and Experiences (OEI-07-06-00530)
• Prescription Drug Plan Sponsors? Compliance Plans (OEI-03-06-00100, 12/06)
• Identifying Beneficiaries Eligible for the Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy (OEI-03-06-00120)
• Dual Eligibles? Transition:Part D Formularies? Inclusion of Commonly Used Drugs (OEI-05-06-00090;01/06)
• Assessment of Sponsors? Materials Under the Temporary Medicare-Approved Drug Discount Card Program (OEI-05-04-00190; 11/05)
• Temporary Medicare-Approved Drug Discount Card: Beneficiaries? Awareness and Use of Information Resources (OEI-05-04-00200; 11/05)
• Analysis of Drug Prices (OEI-05-05-00020; 11/05)
• Medicare Beneficiary Telephone CustomerService (OEI-07-04-00030; 09/05)
• Medicare Lifetime Reserve Days: Report to Congress (OEI-09-04-00100; 12/04)

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Medicare Handbook

• see: Publications

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Medicare Payment Suspensions

• Miami Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities' Compliance with Medicare Standards (OEI-05-09-00560)
• Los Angeles Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities' Compliance with Medicare Standards (OEI-05-09-00561)
• The Use of Payment Suspensions to Prevent Inappropriate Medicare Payments (OEI-01-09-00180)

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Medicare Prepayment Review

• Medicare Prepayment Review: Fair Hearings (OEI-07-89-01680; 12/91)
• Medicare Prepayment Review: MSP Procedures at Carriers (OEI-07-89-01683; 8/91)

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Medicare Program Integrity Contractors

• Collection Rate for Overpayments Made to Medicare Suppliers in South Florida (OEI-03-09-00570)
• Collection Status of Medicare Overpayments Identified by Program Safeguard Contractors (OEI-03-08-00030)
• Medicare Overpayments Identified by Program Safeguard Contractor (OEI-03-08-00031)

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Medicare Provider Numbers

• Carriers Still Need to Purge Unused Provider Numbers (OEI-01-94-00231; 12/95)
• Carrier Assignment of Medicare Provider Numbers (OEI-06-89-00871; 4/92)
• Carrier Maintenance of Medicare Provider Numbers (OEI-06-89-00870; 6/91)

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Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP)

• Unidentified Primary Health Insurance: Medicare Secondary Payer Auxiliary File (OEI-07-98-00180;6/00)
• Medicare Secondary Payer: Effectiveness of First Claim Development (OEI-07-90-00763; 11/91)
• Medicare Prepayment Review: MSP Procedures at Carriers (OEI-07-89-01683; 8/91)
• Extent of Unrecovered Medicare Secondary Payer Funds (OEI-07-90-00760; 8/91)
• Medicare Secondary Payer: Effectiveness of Current Procedures (OEI-07-90-00761; 8/91)
• Medicare as a Secondary Payment Source: End Stage Renal Disease (OAI-07-86-00092; 1/88)
• MSP Working Aged: Colorado (OAI-07-86-00071; 7/86)
• MSP Working Aged: Missouri (OAI-07-86-00079; 7/86)
• MSP Auto: North Dakota (OAI-07-85-00114; 5/85)

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Medication

• see: Drugs and Drug Industry

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Medigap

• see also: Insurance
• The Impact of OBRA 1990 on State Regulation of Medigap Insurance (OEI-09-93-00230; 3/95)
• Use of Nursing Home and Medigap Guides (OEI-04-92-00481; 5/94)

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Mental Health

• see also: Alcohol | Substance Abuse
• Vulnerabilities in CMS's and Contractors' Activities To Detect and Deter Fraud in Community Mental Health Centers (OEI-04-11-00101)
• Questionable Billing by Community Mental Health Centers (OEI-04-11-00100)
• Nursing Facility Assessments and Care Plans for Residents Receiving Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs (OEI-07-08-00151)
• Access to Mental Health Services at Indian Health Service and Tribal Facilities (OEI-09-08-00580)
• Medicare Part B Services During Non-Part A Nursing Home Stays: Mental Health (OEI-06-06-00580)
• Medicare Payments for 2003 Part B Mental Health Services: Medical Necessity, Documentation, and Coding (OEI-09-04-00220; 04/07)
• Medicare Carriers? Policies for Mental Health Services (OEI-03-99-00132; 05/02)
• Medicare Reimbursement for Electroconvulsive Therapy (OEI-12-01-00450; 12/01)
• Inaccuracies in the Unique Physician Identification Number Registry: Incorrect Addresses for MentalHealth Service (OEI-03-99-00131; 09/01)
• Medicare Part B Payments for Mental Health Services (OEI-03-99-00130; 05/01)
• Younger Nursing Facility Residents with Mental Illness: An Unidentified Population (OEI-05-99-00701;1/01)
• Younger Nursing Facility Residents with Mental Illness: Preadmission Screening and Resident ReviewImplementation and Oversight (OEI-05-99-00700; 1/01)
• Medicare Payments for Psychiatric Services in Nursing Homes: A Follow-Up (OEI-02-99-00140; 1/01)
• Restraint and Seclusion: State Policies for Psychiatric Hospitals (OEI-04-99-00150; 8/00)
• Mandatory Managed Care: Changes in Medicaid Mental Health Services (OEI-04-97-00340; 1/00)
• Mandatory Managed Care: Early Lessons Learned by Medicaid Mental Health Services (OEI-04-97-00343;1/00)
• Mandatory Managed Care: Children's Access to Medicaid Mental Health Services (OEI-04-97-00344;1/00)
• Medicare Payments for Mental Health Services in Nursing Facilities (OEI-02-91-00860; 5/96)
• Medicare Payments for Mental Health Services in Nursing Facilities: ORT State Data (OEI-02-91-00861;5/96)
• Community Mental Health Centers and Homeless Persons (OEI-07-95-00061; 8/96)
• Medicaid Payments to Institutions for People with Mental Retardation (OEI-04-91-01010; 6/93)
• Sheltered Workshop Services Provided Residents of Intermediate Care Facilities for the MentallyRetarded (OAI-09-86-00048; 11/86)

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Midwives

• see: Nursing

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Migrants

• Migrant Head Start Grantees: Perspectives and Challenges (OEI-09-91-00761; 12/93)

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Military

• Child Support and the Military (OEI-07-90-02250; 6/93)

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Mobile Health Care

• see: Community Health

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