We are working today to make the transition to the workforce of the future as smooth as possible and bring on the skills, talent and dedication that our beneficiaries deserve. We are ready to face the challenges of a rapidly changing health care arena given adequate resources and the flexibility needed to further improve our business practices while carrying out our responsibilities to Americans who increasingly rely on Medicare for their health care. Medicare, the federal health insurance program serving over 39 million elderly and disabled Americans, has undergone numerous changes as the Congress has expanded and modernized the program. February 1, 2000. In 1998, about 2.7 billion prescriptions were filled in the United States.
Prescription drugs have great clinical benefits, but they also have risks.
Administrator Michael Hash addresses the American Dietetic Association in Washington, D.C., on The Outlook for Health Care, Especially Medicare, and HCFA s Response to the Recently Released Institute of Medicine Report on Nutrition Services for the Medicare Population. Deputy Administrator Hash addresses the American Society of Anesthesiologists in Washington, D.C., on Medicare Policy Issues . DeParle speaks at the American Health Lawyers Association s Annual Institute on Medicare and Medicaid Payment Issues in Baltimore, MD., on The Future of Medicare and Priorities as HCFA Administrator. A View from the Administration. In the 18th entry, the GAF listing should read 1.1301 .