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professional standards review organization

noun

Medical Definition of PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS REVIEW ORGANIZATION

:  any of a group of organizations that were established to review the quality and costs of medical care and were replaced by peer review organizations in the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982—abbreviation PSRO

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