Medicare: Physician-Sponsored Organizations Receive Priority for Peer Review Contracts

HRD-88-43 Published: Jan 21, 1988. Publicly Released: Jan 21, 1988.

Highlights

In response to a congressional request, GAO determined whether the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) complied with a requirement to give physician-sponsored organizations preference in the award of contracts for peer review organizations (PRO).

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Chuck Young

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Topics

Health Care

Competitive procurementEvaluation criteriaHealth care cost controlHealth care servicesPhysiciansProgram managementQuality assuranceMedicareBiddersPeer review