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B-164031(4) 1 (1970-09-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjhk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 0042 r, p /zC- lq - COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 0 RESTRICTD, - Not to be released outside the General Accoi; t'- - i flce except oni the basis of - appreval by the 1L Vice of Legislative ULiso~i, a - . oi which is kept rbution Section, Publications .ra ..ch, OAS B- itX4uj (4)'2 70 Degr M.r. Chajirman: - I -. 30 - 7 EP 30 1970 & Pursuant to your request of May 7, 1970 (enc. II), we are submit- ting a report (enc. I) on our review o Medicare payments made by the Massachusetts Medical Service (Blue Shield) for the services of super- visory and teaching physicians at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MassachusettS3 These payments were made under the Sup- plementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged (part B) portion of the Medicare program. This is the second report submitted pursuant to your May 7 re- quest. A prior report concerning Medicare payments for the services of salaried supervisory and teaching physicians at -erman Kiefer Hos- pital in Detroit, Michigan, was submitted to the Committee on Au- gust 21, 1970. The Medicare program is administered by the Social Security Ad- ministration (SSA), Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, which has entered into contracts with various private insurance companies, such as Blue Shield organizations, for making benefit payments for phy- sicians' services under part B. Following is a summary of the,_j btained during our review at the Massachusetts General Hospital, relating to the points of interest specified in your letter of May 7. --During the period October 30, 1967, through September 30, 1969, Blue Shield paid about $296,000 to the hospital under part B of the Medicare program for the services of supervi- sory and teaching physicans who were affiliated principally with the Harvard Medical School. The billings by the hospital were on a fee-for-service basis in the names of specific physicians for specific services provided to specific Medicare patients who were inpatients in the teaching service section of the hospi- tal. (See pp. 2 to 9.) --Our review of the hospital medical records applicable to se- lected Medicare patients treated in the teaching service section 9136 ,EtEASED J 4A )

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