Disparities in Health Insurance and Access to Care for Residents Across U.S. Cities

June 2001United States General Accounting Office Health and Human Services: Status of Achieving Key Outcomes and Addressing Major Management Challenges Results in Brief Overall, the reports and plans of HHS components indicated that they had made mixed progress in achieving their key outcomes. In general, the components' strategies for achieving these outcomes appeared to be clear and reasonable. The following paragraphs summarize our findings: Planned outcome: Less fraud, waste, and error in Medicare and Medicaid. While the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) performance report and plan indicate that it is making some progress toward achieving its Medicare program integrity . . .