Professional Standards Review Organizations: The Current Scene

Frank W. Sullivan, M.D.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 131, Number 12

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.1974.131.12.1354

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In October 1972, President Nixon signed into law Public Law 92-603, a section of which calls for mandatory utilization review of inpatient medical services rendered to Medicare and Medicaid patients and beneficiaries of Maternal and Child Health programs. This article reviews the law’s history, requirements, and means ofimplementation; it also discusses the medical profession’s response and activities thus far and the implications of the law for psychiatry.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 131 • Number 12 • December 1974

Pages: 1354 - 1358

PubMed: 4473905

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Published in print: December 1974

Published online: 24 April 2020

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Frank W. Sullivan, M.D.

Dr. Sullivan is Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry. Division of Biological and Medical Sciences, Brown University. Providence. R.I., and is in private practice at 960 Reservoir Ave., Cranston, R.I. 02910. He was chairman of the APA Ad Hoc Committee on PSROs and is now chairman of the APA Task Force on Peer Review.

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