(M) Opportunities for improvements under 
this Act. 
(3) STATISTICAL ANALYSES AND OTHER STUD-
IES.—The Board may, either directly or by con-
tract— 
(A) make statistical and other studies, on 
a nationwide, regional, state, or local basis, of 
any aspect of the operation of this Act, includ-
ing studies of the effect of the Act upon the 
health of the people of the United States and 
the effect of comprehensive health services upon 
the health of persons receiving such services; 
(B) develop and test methods of providing 
through payment for services or otherwise, ad-
ditional incentives for adherence by providers to 
standards of adequacy, access, and quality; 
methods of consumer and peer review and peer 
control of the utilization of drugs, of laboratory 
services, and of other services; and methods of 
consumer and peer review of the quality of serv-
ices; 
(C) develop and test, for use by the Board, 
records and information retrieval systems and 
budget systems for health services administra-
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tion, and develop and test model systems for 
use by providers of services; 
(D) develop and test, for use by providers 
of services, records and information retrieval 
systems useful in the furnishing of preventive 
or diagnostic services; 
(E) develop, in collaboration with the phar-
maceutical profession, and test, improved ad-
ministrative practices or improved methods for 
the reimbursement of independent pharmacies 
for the cost of furnishing drugs as a covered 
service; and 
(F) make such other studies as it may con-
sider necessary or promising for the evaluation, 
or for the improvement, of the operation of this 
Act. 
(4) REPORT
ON
USE
OF
EXISTING
FEDERAL 
HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Board shall recommend to the Congress one or more 
proposals for the treatment of health care facilities 
of the Federal Government. 
(h) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT.—There is hereby estab-
lished the position of Executive Director of the 
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Board. The Director shall be appointed by the 
Board and shall serve as secretary to the Board and 
perform such duties in the administration of this 
title as the Board may assign. 
(2) DELEGATION.—The Board is authorized to 
delegate to the Director or to any other officer or 
employee of the Board or, with the approval of the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services (and sub-
ject to reimbursement of identifiable costs), to any 
other officer or employee of the Department of 
Health and Human Services, any of its functions or 
duties under this Act other than— 
(A) the issuance of regulations; or 
(B) the determination of the availability of 
funds and their allocation to implement this 
Act. 
(3) COMPENSATION.—The Executive Director 
of the Board shall be entitled to compensation at a 
level equivalent to level III of the Executive Sched-
ule, in accordance with section 5314 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(i) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—The Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) in section 12(1), by inserting after ‘‘Cor-
poration;’’ the first place it appears the following: 
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