AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Children with Special Healthcare Needs

SERIES: 81972
TITLE: Physician appointments
DATES: 1986-
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological

DESCRIPTION: This is a statistical breakdown of the appointments made and kept for physician services. This report is produced quarterly. It includes the physician's name; the number of appointments scheduled, added, made by telephone, broken, cancelled and kept; the number of new and old patients seen; and the types of appointments kept. This is a report of automated data system, file key: HCS.

RETENTION

Retain for 10 year(s)

DISPOSITION

Destroy.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

APPROVED: 06/1987

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office for 10 years and then destroy.

APPRAISAL

Administrative Fiscal

Statistical information is needed for potential federal audit for three years, according to 45 CFR Part 74. However, the staff feels that these statistical reports have administrative value in charting long-term trends and wants to keep them ten years.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Private