Medicare program; utilization and quality control Peer Review Organization (PRO) area designations--HCFA. Final notice.

A final rule published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register implements portions of the Peer Review Improvement Act of 1982 (Title I, Subtitle C of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, Pub. L. 97-248) (PRO Act) requiring the Secretary to establish geographic areas throughout the United States for contracts under the PRO program and defining organizations eligible to become PROs. This notice sets forth the geographic areas (area designations) required for contracting under the PRO program.