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Office of Civil Rights

• OCR Should Strengthen Its Oversight of Covered Entities' Compliance With the HIPAA Privacy Standards (OEI-09-10-00510)
• OCR Should Strengthen Its Followup of Breaches of Patient Health Information Reported by Covered Entities (OEI-09-10-00511)

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Offset Agreements

• Use of Medicare Offset Agreements and Exclusions for National Health Service Corps and HealthEducation Assistance Loan Defaulters (OEI-02-91-00550; 12/91)
• Exceptions to Wage Withholding for Child Support (OEI-07-91-01220; 3/94)

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Older Americans Act

• see also: Aging
• Cost Sharingfor Older Americans Act Services (OEI-02-04-00290; 09/06)
• Cost Sharing Under the Older Americans Act (OEI-05-95-00170; 5/96)
• Administration on Aging Stewardship of Title III of the Older Americans Act: The Methodology (OEI-02-91-01510;3/92)
• Community Systems Development Under the Older Americans Act (OAI-03-86-00038; 6/87)

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Ombudsman Programs

• see also: Aging
• Long Term Care Ombudsman Program: Complaints Trends (OEI-02-98-00350; 3/99)
• Long Term Care Ombudsman Program: Overall Capacity (OEI-02-98-00351; 3/99)
• Ombudsman Output Measures (OEI-02-90-02121; 6/91)
• Successful Ombudsman Programs (OEI-02-90-02120; 6/91)
• Effective Ombudsman Programs: Six Case Studies (OEI-02-90-02122; 6/91)

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Operation Restore Trust (ORT)

• see also: Medical Devices and Equipment | Home Health | Nursing Homes | Skilled Nursing Facilities
• Medical Equipment Suppliers: Assuring Legitimacy (OEI-04-96-00240; 12/97)
• Medicare Hospital Discharge Planning (OEI-02-94-00320; 12/97)
• Portable Imaging Services: Nursing Home Perspectives (OEI-09-95-00091; 11/97)
• Portable Imaging Services: A Costly Option (OEI-09-95-00090; 11/97)
• Prescription Drug Use In Nursing Homes - Report 1 - An Introduction Based on Texas (OEI-06-96-00080;11/97)
• Prescription Drug Use In Nursing Homes - Report 2 - An Inside View by Consultant Pharmacists (OEI-06-96-00081;11/97)
• Prescription Drug Use In Nursing Homes - Report 3 - A Pharmaceutical Review and Inspection Recommendations (OEI-06-96-00082; 11/97)
• Hospice Patients in Nursing Homes (OEI-05-95-00250; 9/97)
• Medicare Payments for Pressure Reducing Support Services (OEI-02-95-00370; 6/97)
• Medicare Beneficiary Satisfaction with DMERC Services (OEI-02-96-00200; 6/97)
• How HMOs Manage Home Health Services (OEI-04-95-00080; 6/97)
• Home Health: Problem Providers and Their Impact on Medicare (OEI-09-96-00110; 7/97)
• Operating Practices of High-Cost and Low-Cost Home Health Agencies (OEI-04-93-00261; 2/97)
• Operating Practices of Low Cost Home Health Agencies: Seven Case Studies (OEI-04-93-00263; 2/97)
• Medicaid Payments for Incontinence Supplies (OEI-03-94-00771; 11/95)
• Medicare Payments for Enteral Nutrition Therapy Equipment and Supplies (OEI-06-92-00866; 5/97)
• Enteral Nutrition Therapy: Medical Necessity (OEI-03-94-00022; 6/97)
• Payments for Enteral Nutrition: Medicare and Other Payers (OEI-03-94-00021; 5/96)
• Medicare Reimbursement for Parenteral Nutrition (OEI-03-96-00230; 7/97)
• Operation Restore Trust Activities (OEI-12-96-00020; 11/95)
• 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)
• 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)
• Part B Services in Nursing Homes--An Overview (OEI-06-92-00865; 3/96)
• Nonprofessional Services in Skilled Nursing Facilities (OEI-06-92-00864; 6/95)
• Durable Medical Equipment Payments in Nursing Homes (OEI-06-92-00862; 3/96)
• Enteral Nutrient Payments in Nursing Homes (OEI-06-92-00861; 3/96)
• Operation Restore Trust's Texas Nursing Home Database (OEI-06-95-00220; 5/96)
• Medicare Home Health: Eliminating Fraud, Waste, and Abuse (OEI-09-96-00290; 7/96)
• Medicare Beneficiary Satisfaction With and Understanding of Home Health Services (OEI-04-93-00143;11/95)
• Questionable Practices Involving Nebulizer Drug Therapy (OEI-03-94-00391; 3/97)
• 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)
• The Physician's Role in Home Health Care (OEI-02-94-00170; 6/95)
• Home Health Agencies: Alternative Coverage and Payment Policies (OEI-12-94-00180; 5/95)
• Variation Among Home Health Agencies in Medicare Payments for Home Health Services (OEI-04-93-00260;7/95)
• Geographical Variation in Visits Provided by Home Health Agencies (OEI-04-93-00262; 9/95)
• Coverage of Enteral Nutrition Therapy: Medicare and Other Payers (OEI-03-94-00020; 5/95)

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Optometrists

• State Licensure and Discipline of Optometrists (OAI-01-88-00582; 2/89)

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Organs and Organ Transplants

• Medicare-Approved Heart Transplant Centers (OEI-01-02-00520; 03/04)
• Variation in Organ Donation Among Transplant Centers (OEI-01-02-00210; 05/03)
• Organ Donor Registries: A Useful, but Limited, Tool (OEI-01-01-00350; 02/02)
• Informed Consent in Tissue Donation: Expectations and Realities (OEI-01-00-00440; 1/01)
• Oversight of Tissue Banking (OEI-01-00-00441; 1/01)
• Medicare Conditions of Participation for Organ Donation: An Early Assessment of the New DonationRule (OEI-01-99-00020; 8/00)
• Fostering Equity in Patient Access to Transplantation: Local Access to Liver Transplantation (OEI-01-99-00470;8/99)
• Fostering Equity in Patient Access to Transplantation: Differences in Waiting Times for Livers (OEI-01-99-00210; 5/99)
• Fostering Equity in Patient Access to Transplantation: Differences in Waiting Times for Kidneys (OEI 01-99-00211; 5/99)
• Racial and Geographic Disparity in the Distribution of Organs for Transplantation (OEI-01-98-00360;6/98)
• Organ Procurement Organizations and Tissue Recovery (OEI-01-91-00250; 5/94)
• Addressing Increased Organ Acquisition Costs (OEI-01-88-01331; 10/91)
• The Distribution of Organs for Transplantation: Expectations and Practices (OEI-01-89-00550; 3/91)
• Organ Acquisition Costs (OAI-01-86-00108; 9/87)
• The Access of Dialysis Patients to Kidney Transplantation (OAI-01-86-00107; 3/87)
• The Access of Foreign Nationals to U.S. Cadaver Organs (OAI-01-86-00074; 8/86)

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Orphan Drug Act, The

• High-expenditure Medicare drugs often qualified for Orphan Drug Act incentives designed to encourage the development of treatments for rare diseases OEI-BL-20-00080
• The Orphan Drug Act: Implementation and Impact (OEI-09-00-00380; 05/01)

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Orthotics

• Medicaid DMEPOS Costs May be Exceeding Medicare Costs in Competitive Bidding Areas (OEI-06-13-00470)
• CMS Has Not Promulgated Regulations To Establish Payment Requirements for Prosthetics and Custom-Fabricated Orthotics (OEI-07-10-00410)
• Medicare Losses Resulting from Early Payments for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (OEI-03-99-00620; 6/00)
• 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 Orthotics (OEI-02-95-00380; 11/97)
• Medicare Payments for Orthotic Body Jackets (OEI-04-97-00390; 9/99)
• Medicare Payments for Orthotic Body Jackets (OEI-04-92-01080; 6/94)
• Marketing of Orthotic Body Jackets (OEI-04-92-01081; 3/94)

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Outpatient

• see also: Surgery
• Loophole in Drug Payment Rule Continues To Cost Medicare and Beneficiaries Hundreds of Millions of Dollars
• Medicare Beneficiaries Paid Nearly Half of the Costs for Outpatient Services at Critical Access Hospitals (OEI-05-12-00085)
• Improper Payments for Evaluation and Management Services Cost Medicare Billions in 2010 (OEI-04-10-00181)
• South Florida Medicare Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (OEI 05 10-00090)
• Ensuring That Medicare Part D Reimbursement Is Limited to Drugs Provided for Medically Accepted Indications (OEI 07 08 00152)
• Questionable Billing for Medicare Outpatient Therapy Services (OEI-04-09-00540)
• Payment for Procedures in Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers (OEI-05-00-00340)
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• Oversight of Outpatient Surgery (OEI-07-91-00690; 4/92)
• Impact of Regulating Outpatient Surgery (OEI-07-91-01470; 4/92)
• Outpatient Surgery: Medicare Payments for Unnecessary and Poor Quality Cataracts (OEI-09-88-01005;8/91)
• Outpatient Surgery: Medicare Payments for Unnecessary and Poor Quality Gastrointestinal Endoscopies (OEI-09-88-01006; 8/91)
• Reimbursement for Outpatient Facility Services (OEI-09-88-01003; 7/91)
• Outpatient Surgery: Medical Necessity and Quality of Care (OEI-09-88-01000; 3/91)
• Patient Satisfaction with Outpatient Surgery: A National Survey of Medicare Beneficiaries (OAI-09-88-01002;1/90)
• Medicare Reimbursement for Outpatient Laboratory Services (OAI-04-88-01080; 3/89)
• Medicare Outpatient Psychiatric Services (OAI-09-86-00056; 11/85)

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Outreach

• see also: Medical Devices and Equipment
• 2018 Performance Data for the Senior Medicare Patrol Projects (OEI-02-19-00280)
• 2017 Performance Data for the Senior Medicare Patrol Projects (OEI-02-18-00130)
• 2016 Performance Data for the Senior Medicare Patrol Project (OEI-02-17-00220)
• Performance Data for the Senior Medicare Patrol Projects: June 2016 Performance Report (OEI-02-16-00190)
• Performance Data for the Senior Medicare Patrol Projects: July 2015 Performance Report (OEI-02-15-00100)
• Performance Data for the Senior Medicare Patrol Projects: June 2014 Performance Report (OEI-02-14-00140)
• Performance Data for the Senior Medicare Patrol Projects: July 2013 Performance Report (OEI-02-13-00170)
• Performance Data for the Senior Medicare Patrol Projects: June 2012 Performance Report (OEI-02-12-00190)
• CMS's Processing of Complaints Received Through the 1 800 HHS-TIPS Hotline (OEI-07-09-00020)
• Beneficiary Awareness of Medicare Fraud: A Follow-up (OEI-09-00-00590; 11/01)
• 24-Month Performance Data for Senior Medicare Patrol Projects (OEI-02-97-00523; 9/99)
• The Administration on Aging's Health Care Fraud and Abuse Programs: 18-Month Outcomes (OEI-02-99-00110;8/99)
• Implementation of the Administration on Aging's Health Care Fraud and Abuse Programs (OEI- 02-99-00111;8/99)
• Beneficiary Awareness of Medicare Fraud (OEI-12-97-00440; 1/98)
• The National Marrow Donor Program: Progress in Minority Recruitment (OEI-01-95-00120; 12/96)
• In-Hospital Voluntary Paternity Acknowledgment Programs: Effective Practices in Parent Outreach (OEI-06-95-00163; 8/97)

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Oxygen

• see also: Medical Devices and Equipment
• Round 2 Competitive Bidding for Oxygen: Continued Access for Vast Majority of Beneficiaries (OEI-01-15-00041)
• Replacement Schedules for Medicare Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Supplies (OEI-07-12-00250)
• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: Its Use and Appropriateness (OEI-06-99-00090; 10/00)
• Usage and Documentation of Home Oxygen Therapy (OEI-03-96-00090; 8/99)
• 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)
• Medicare Reimbursement for At-Home Oxygen Care (OAI-04-87-00017; 12/87)

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