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                    UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                             WASHINGTON  D C 20548

CIVIL DIVISION                                             J'y     1970


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             Tm   Getrs  Atnaiftag Office has reviewed ledicare cost
        risaroeatumu   to hospitat by Group Euxtal service, Incorpoated,
        Symousy   NMv York, ant Associated Hospital Service, hoorporated,
        otoatesten, ahio, wottag in tanir caaecsty as inteaetares under
        tubeantflt0  vth the Rue  Cross Aaeociation In aecordnee exth
        +Ae prvaicxzos ot title XVIII of the 8 4al Beourity Act and their
        subecotraots wit the flue Close Assocation, these intemediaries
        art to detemine the reasobenesa   of the eatts or hospital
        nowee turnathed   to    Lcrs ppttcts

             10=t   our revies we examned the proetdtts and prstteoes
         foflawed by both in  edaries in makins, fal eost settlnesot
         with hospttasp aMr ve emained the cosi reports of selected hosptals
         thich bed been azitted by publie aceanting flrms whose services were
         4uboctmeted  for by the tttersenars
             We revited setfhmsents Me  by Grovp Ispital Service, Theorponted,
        with the Crouse-Irwin& Rospital, Sreuse, New      a = the tvan General
        HOstPtal, tihverly> Iek YcWt The reimTsuemts  covered by our variew at
        these two hospitl  wee  Tor tae 6mooth period ending Dececber 31, 1966,
        and amoutzea to &#'8r 00 and $13,800, respectively So  saiictat
        deftiencteo  were aoted witn respect to the settlements tade with
        the   nOpit4SV
             %he  pgoe  of tie   epcrt is to brin t> your atteAttn certath
        ezestve   east vtidi vee  allowed by the Ass-eated Uoepital Service,
        Itdoonted, in   mking  settements with the  t flizabeth Hospital,
        yxeagatn,   tiio, anr the Sales city zosptal &tlem, Oato on the
        best  of     exW ition  of pertinent hospltai reeozts a* the asalit
        worpapers  of the Assocated Ikspital Serxaoe, lncorprated, and its
        sdtt  Suboontttactor, we beliew tat excessive eosts totali4ng %2,300
        ware charged to th l4eicare progam
             5e are brinstag our tSdtings to your attention so the considertton
        can be given to adjustiag the reambursemets to the hoepitals sae to
        Mking aages in rmebrsemsnt instruetona to the intermediaries,
        ;partUklazr  wth regezt to the method of payment for sertices of



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