Medicare program; standards and criteria for evaluating intermediary and carrier performance during fiscal year 1985--HCFA. General notice with comment period.
This notice describes the standards and criteria to be used for evaluating the performance of fiscal intermediaries and carriers in the administration of the Medicare program for fiscal year 1985. The results of these evaluations are considered whenever we enter into, renew, or terminate an intermediary or carrier agreement or take other contract actions; assign or reassign providers of services to an intermediary; or designate regional or national intermediaries. This notice is published in accordance with sections 1816(f) and 1842(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, as amended by section 2326 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 (Pub. L. 98-369), which requires us to publish for public comment in the Federal Register those criteria and standards against which we evaluate intermediaries and carriers.
D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D008330:Management Audit / Q000592:standards*; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009934:Organization and Administration / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States