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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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Organization, Peer Review
Organization, Professional Review
Organizations, Peer Review
Organizations, Professional Review
PRO Professional Review Organizations
PSRO
Peer Review Organization
Peer Review Organizations
Professional Review Organization
Professional Standards Review Organizations
Review Organizations, Professional
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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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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DeCS
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