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HRD-82-70 1 (1982-08-11)

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                  UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548

HUMAN RESOURCES
   DIVISION
                                            August 11, 1982
    B-207247





    The Honorable Richard S. Schweiker
    The Secretary of Health and                           119247
      Human Services

    Dear Mr. Secretary:

         Subject: Centers for Disease Control Should Charge
                   Fees for Various Diagnostic Laboratory
                   Services (GAO/HRD-82-70)

         The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) should recover
    substantial amounts of incurred costs by imposing additional
    user charges for various diagnostic laboratory services that it
    provides to such non-Federal organizations as diagnostic product
    manufacturers and clinical laboratories as well as Federal agen-
    cies. These laboratory services include field testing of diag-
    nostic products, evaluating lot samples of diagnostic reagents,
    providing reference reagents to manufacturers, evaluating the
    quality of diagnostic testing services provided by laboratories,
    and providing laboratory training services.

         In fiscal year 1981, CDC collected about $550,000 from
    non-Federal organizations and Federal agencies for certain lab-
    oratory services it provided. We estimate that, in fiscal year
    1981, using current legislative authority, CDC could have col-
    lected about $2.1 million in additional revenues from non-Federal
    organizations toward recovery of the $5.1 million in costs it
    incurred for providing such services to Federal and non-Federal
    entities. If CDC had not been restricted by another statute
    imposing a maximum fee on interstate laboratories, an additional
    estimated $650,000 could have been recovered.

         Also, CDC could have sought additional reimbursements,
    amounting to $242,000, from other Federal agencies for which
    it provided certain of these same services. (See enc. I for
    detailed discussion of our findings.)


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