Screening Mammography

Quality Standards Are Needed in A Developing Market Gao ID: T-HRD-92-3 October 24, 1991

GAO testified that many of the screening mammography providers it surveyed in an earlier report (GAO/HRD-90-32, Jan. 10, 1990) lacked quality assurance programs to ensure that women receive safe and accurate mammograms. Congress has been concerned that a new Medicare screening mammography benefit with a limit on provider charges might create "mammography mills" providing substandard care. Yet GAO discovered that high volume was associated with greater compliance with quality standards and that price was not indicative of the extent of quality control. GAO testified that strong federal standards are needed to ensure the quality of screening mammography.



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