Public Health Communicable Disease Reporting Laws: Managed Care Organizations\u27 Laboratory Contracting Practices and Their Implications for State Surveillance and Reporting Statutes

Abstract

This report, prepared for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by the GWU Center for Health Services Research & Policy (CHSRP), presents findings from analyses of contractual specifications related to public sector managed care contractors\u27 duties and activities related to public health surveillance and education activities for communicable disease control, specifically HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis