United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2003-03-17 monographic deposited born digital 28 p. GA 1.13:GAO-03-185 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-185 P0b002ee180377227 f:d03185 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-185 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-185 GAO-03-185 Health care services Health insurance Hospitals Managed health care Physicians Comparative analysis Program management Medicare Program Other Written Product A06354 Staffing companies that contract with physicians to staff hospital departments--including emergency departments--are not permitted to bill Medicare. In the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, Congress directed GAO to assess the program integrity implications of enrolling these companies and allowing them to bill Medicare. GAO reviewed about 2.8 million emergency department claims for 2000 from five states and assessed whether contractor physicians retained by staffing companies billed Medicare comparably to other emergency department physicians. GAO also evaluated how the lack of information on staffing companies affects efforts to assure Medicare program integrity. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-185/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-185.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-185/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-185.pdf GAO-03-185 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-185 Other Written Product GAO-03-185; Medicare Provider Enrollment: Opportunities to Enhance Program Integrity Efforts; Health care services Health insurance Hospitals Managed health care Physicians Comparative analysis Program management Medicare Program Volume 110 Page 1936 110 Stat. 1936 Public Law 104-191 Public Law 106-554