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HRD-81-114 1 (1981-06-26)

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


HUMAN RESOURCES
   DIVISION                                         June 26, 1981

     B-203746



     The Honorable Richard Shelby                    111111111
     House of Representatives                           118456

     Dear Mr. Shelby:
          Subject:  Information on tfre Health Development Corporatioj
               e    (HRD-81-114)


          Your June 2, 1981, letter asked for information relating to
     the Health Development Corporation (HDC) in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
     We had developed some information on HDC as part of our review of
     a sample of community and migrant health centers in three Depart-
     ment of Health and Human Services (HHS) regional offices during
     1979 and early 1980.

          The primary objectives of this review were to (1) determine
     whether community and migrant health centers were complying with
     certain legislative requirements under sections 329 and 330 of the
     Public Health Service Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 254c), and related
     HES regulations and instructions and (2) assess HHS' management and
     administrative practices relating to the community and migrant
     health center programs. We did not audit the financial statements
     of individual health centers; validate the financial, utilization,
     or productivity data submitted to HHS; or evaluate the quality of
     health care provided by the centers.

          The enclosure summarizes the information we obtained during
     our fieldwork at HDC. Because of the limited scope of our work,
     we could not determine the overall effectiveness and efficiency-
     of the HDC project. However, it appeared that HDC was generally

          --managing its clinics well,

          --complying with applicable HHS regulations and requirements,
            and

          --moving toward its stated objective of increasing the number
            of primary care physicians and dentists in practice to Meet
            the needs of the underserved rural areas of west central
            Alabama.



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