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124022 1 (1984-05-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacthn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 I FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 10:00 a.m. EST 124022 Tuesday, May 1, 1984 Statement of Michael Zimmerman Associate Director, Human Resources Division Before the Senate Special Committee on Aging On the Need for Expanded Federal Exclusion Authority Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee, we are pleased to be here today to discuss the need for expanded federal exclusion authority for practitioners to help ensure that Medicare and Medicaid recipients receive quality care. While reviewing how the Medicare and Medicaid programs operate, we noted that it was possible for medical practitioners--medical doctors, osteopathic doctors, podiatrists, chiropractors, dentists and pharmacists--who held licenses in more than one state, to have one of these licenses suspended or revoked by a state licensing board but relocate and continue to treat Medicare and Medicaid patients. Our review showed that Medicare and Medicaid patients are in fact being treated in some states by health practitioners whose licenses were revoked or suspended in other states. These practitioners were able to continue practicing under Medicare and Medicaid because existing federal exclusion authority does not permit a national exclusion of practitioners who are found by O))4-10

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