5 U.S.C. § 8910 : US Code - Section 8910: Studies, reports, and audits

Search 5 U.S.C. § 8910 : US Code - Section 8910: Studies, reports, and audits

(a) The Office of Personnel Management shall make a continuing
study of the operation and administration of this chapter,
including surveys and reports on health benefits plans available to
employees and on the experience of the plans.
(b) Each contract entered into under section 8902 of this title
shall contain provisions requiring carriers to - 
(1) furnish such reasonable reports as the Office determines to
be necessary to enable it to carry out its functions under this
chapter; and
(2) permit the Office and representatives of the Government
Accountability Office to examine records of the carriers as may
be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(c) Each Government agency shall keep such records, make such
certifications, and furnish the Office with such information and
reports as may be necessary to enable the Office to carry out its
functions under this chapter.
(d) The Office, in consultation with the Department of Health and
Human Services, shall develop and implement a system through which
the carrier for an approved health benefits plan described by
section 8903 or 8903a will be able to identify those annuitants or
other individuals covered by such plan who are entitled to benefits
under part A or B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act in
order to ensure that payments under coordination of benefits with
Medicare do not exceed the statutory maximums which physicians may
charge Medicare enrollees.