title: Medicare: criteria and standards for evaluating intermediary and carrier performance during fiscal year 1989--HCFA. General notice with comment period.
abstract: This notice describes the criteria and standards to be used for evaluating the performance of fiscal intermediaries and carriers in the administration of the Medicare program for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1988. 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. In addition, this notice describes the methodology for identifying contractors with performance over a period of time in the lowest 20th percentile that HCFA may replace using competitive bidding. This notice is published in accordance with sections 1816(f) and 1842(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, which require us to publish for public comment in the Federal Register those criteria and standards against which we evaluate intermediaries and carriers.
mesh_terms: D003284:Contract Services / Q000592:standards; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D007341:Insurance / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007343:Insurance Carriers / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007357:Insurance, Physician Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States