Administration of Contract Between HEW and Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound

GAO examined a Seattle, Washington, health care cooperative's Medicare beneficiary enrollment practices and its receipt of an incentive payment for providing care to Medicare beneficiaries at a cost lower than the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's (HEW) actuarial estimate of such costs. The investigation was made to determine if any part of the incentive payment could be recovered for failure to comply with "open enrollment requirements."