Reimbursement Guidelines for Medicare: Hearing, Eighty-ninth Congress, Second Session. May 25, 1966U.S. Government Printing Office, 1966 - 198 pages |
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2-percent accelerated depreciation actual cost actuarial advance payments allowable costs American Hospital Association amount authority average per diem basis believe Benefits Advisory Council bill Bill Byrd Blue Cross plans bonus factor Chairman charges COHEN Commissioner Ball Congress consideration cost estimates cost of services cost reimbursement depreciation allowances determining discussed earnings element equity capital expenditures expenses Federal financed funds going Government Health Insurance Benefits Hill-Burton historical cost hospital insurance imputed interest included Insurance Benefits Advisory legislative history medicare patients ment method million MYERS nursing homes operating paid payroll percent factor Principles of Reimbursement profit proposed proprietary institutions providers of services question reasonable cost recognized registered nurses reimbursement formula return on equity Secretary Senator ANDERSON Senator CURTIS Senator DOUGLAS Senator WILLIAMS Social Security Administration specifically statement statute STEWART tion Title XIX welfare WILLCOX
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Page 162 - The first section of that statute, which has never been repealed, enacts "that, from and after the passing of this act, no advance of public money shall be made in any case whatever; but in all cases of contracts for the performance of any service, or the delivery of articles of any description for .the use of the United States, payment shall not exceed the value of the services rendered, or the articles delivered previous to such payment.
Page 93 - ... authorize any Federal officer or employee to exercise any supervision or control over the practice of medicine or the manner in which medical services are provided, or over the selection, tenure, or compensation of any officer or employee of any institution, agency, or person...
Page 172 - Depreciation is a charge to current operations which distributes the cost of a tangible capital asset, less estimated residual value, over the estimated useful life of the asset in a systematic and logical manner.
Page 162 - No advance of public money shall be made in any case unless authorized by the appropriation concerned or other law.
Page 13 - ... the program will not be borne by the program. (ii) The cost of services to beneficiaries of the health insurance program may be determined by either of the alternative methods, that is selected by a provider; however, the objective of whatever method of apportionment is used will be to approximate as closely as practicable the actual cost of services rendered. (iii) The two methods of apportionment available for use in determining the cost of services rendered to beneficiaries of the program...
Page 29 - The objective is that under the methods of determining costs, the costs with respect to individuals covered by the program will not be borne by individuals not so covered, and the costs with respect...
Page 142 - Contributions to finance the hospital insurance plan, paid by employers, employees, and self-employed persons, are to be placed in a separate hospital insurance trust fund established in the Treasury. The...
Page 18 - These projections reflect the intermediate assumptions of the Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund...
Page 12 - Application. Difficulty in measurement, lack of adequate data and other considerations have precluded specific recognition of various elements which are germane to costs of services for beneficiaries. Moreover, although the methods to be utilized by providers for determining the actual cost of services provided to beneficiaries are the best available, there is some lack of...
Page 180 - Nov. 22, 1966] § 405.452 Determination of cost of services to beneficiaries. (a) Principle. Total allowable costs of a provider shall be apportioned between program beneficiaries and other patients so that the share borne by the program is based upon actual services received by program beneficiaries. To accomplish this apportionment, the provider shall have the option of either of the two following methods : (1) Departmental method. The ratio of beneficiary charges to total patient charges for the...