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Publications and source records attributed to D I Kingsley.
The health care profession has undergone radical changes and shifts that no one associated with the medical field in New Jersey would have predicted only a decade ago. As cost containment, managed care, mergers, and downsizing dominate New Jersey's health care agenda, the concept of quality-how to define it, how to measure it, and how to improve it-often takes a back seat to these issues.
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The government is launching a program called the Health Care Quality Improvement Initiative (HCQII). The government plans to reposition PROs as educational rather than judgmental entities. The PRO of New Jersey, Inc. urges physicians to oppose regionalization of the screening process.
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The PRO of New Jersey, Inc. is committed to the ideal of a localized peer review process--one that is based on the belief that New Jersey physicians are best suited to assess the work of their peers. The concept of a local peer review remains absolutely essential.
The Fourth Scope of Work for the Medicare Program will become effective on December 1, 1991. This program will change the methodology utilized by peer review organizations throughout the country in performing federally mandated review of the medical care provided to Medicare patients.
The PRO is required to review intervening care provided by outpatient departments, nursing facilities, and home health agencies.
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