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Descriptor English:
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Professional Review Organizations
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Organizaciones de Normalización Profesional
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Organizações de Normalização Profissional
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Synonyms English:
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Peer Review Organizations
Professional Standards Review Organizations
PRO Professional Review Organizations
PSRO
Utilization and Quality Control Peer Review Organizations
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Tree Number:
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N04.761.673
N05.700.675
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Definition English:
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Organizations representing designated geographic areas which have contracts under the PRO program to review the medical necessity, appropriateness, quality, and cost-effectiveness of care received by Medicare beneficiaries. Peer Review Improvement Act, PL 97-248, 1982. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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DF: note short X ref
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History Note English:
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86; was PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS REVIEW ORGANIZATIONS 1974-85, was PSRO 1973 (Prov)
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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17227
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Unique Identifier:
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D011366
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