Medicare-medicaid administrative and reimbursement reform: hearings before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, second session, on S. 3205 ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1976 |
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... incentive to keep the hospital's costs down . Similarly , it is generally the physician , who is reimbursed on the basis of his billed charge , who decides on the amount and type of services to be provided . Thus , the higher the bill ...
... incentive to keep the hospital's costs down . Similarly , it is generally the physician , who is reimbursed on the basis of his billed charge , who decides on the amount and type of services to be provided . Thus , the higher the bill ...
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... incentive mechanisms to encourage physicians to accept assignment . We sup- port the intent of the participating and ... incentives to encourage accept- ance of assignment and the impact of " always " or " never " alterna- tives . In ...
... incentive mechanisms to encourage physicians to accept assignment . We sup- port the intent of the participating and ... incentives to encourage accept- ance of assignment and the impact of " always " or " never " alterna- tives . In ...
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... incentive for maximum participation . The ultimate goal of such a plan should be comprehensive coverage including preventive , diagnostic , rehabilitation , long - term care , dental and eye care , drugs , corrective devices , and ...
... incentive for maximum participation . The ultimate goal of such a plan should be comprehensive coverage including preventive , diagnostic , rehabilitation , long - term care , dental and eye care , drugs , corrective devices , and ...
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... incentive devices - to encourage adoption of low risk lifestyles , use of low - cost health personnel , reduction in ... incentives and regula- tory programs should be in operation prior to the implementation of NHI . As a means of ...
... incentive devices - to encourage adoption of low risk lifestyles , use of low - cost health personnel , reduction in ... incentives and regula- tory programs should be in operation prior to the implementation of NHI . As a means of ...
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... incentive payment system to that rate . Therefore , we are suggesting that section 4 be modified to substitute per- formance based incentives for the existing activity or function based incentives . Senator TALMADGE . The next witness ...
... incentive payment system to that rate . Therefore , we are suggesting that section 4 be modified to substitute per- formance based incentives for the existing activity or function based incentives . Senator TALMADGE . The next witness ...
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