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HRD-83-16 1 (1983-02-08)

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BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL



Report To The Congress


OF THE UNITED STATES





Improving Medicare And Medicaid

Systems To Control Payments For

Unnecessary Physicians' Services



Some services provided to Medicare and
Medicaid recipients by physicians or suppli-
ers are medically unnecessary and, under
the law, should not be paid for by these
programs. This report discusses the sys-
tems to identify, prevent, or recover pay-
ments for unnecessary services and des-
cribes how they can be improved to reduce
program costs.

















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                                                GAO/HRD-83-16
   'cOU.                                        FEBRUARY 8, 1983

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