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 - 604 pages |
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... allowed . I have charts that demonstrate this attached to my testimony . 2. A consensus definition of an " error rate . " I believe there should be a distinction made between errors that are truly made by the State at the point of ...
... allowed . I have charts that demonstrate this attached to my testimony . 2. A consensus definition of an " error rate . " I believe there should be a distinction made between errors that are truly made by the State at the point of ...
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... allowed to happen . The spiraling costs of this program must be controlled , but we must do so without holding the poor hostage to forces beyond their control . The fundamental issues are the need for better control over both the rates ...
... allowed to happen . The spiraling costs of this program must be controlled , but we must do so without holding the poor hostage to forces beyond their control . The fundamental issues are the need for better control over both the rates ...
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... allowed to utilize their system in lieu of the system recommended in the bill . ( 2 ) Allowable cost increases should be reasonably related to the Consumer Price Index . ( 3 ) More than one primary affiliate for a medical school should ...
... allowed to utilize their system in lieu of the system recommended in the bill . ( 2 ) Allowable cost increases should be reasonably related to the Consumer Price Index . ( 3 ) More than one primary affiliate for a medical school should ...
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... allowed to reflect increases in the cost of goods and services that comprise routine operating costs . In cases where hospital routine operating costs are equal to or exceed the average per diem routine operating cost for its category ...
... allowed to reflect increases in the cost of goods and services that comprise routine operating costs . In cases where hospital routine operating costs are equal to or exceed the average per diem routine operating cost for its category ...
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... allowed the entire amount . Senator TALMADGE . Did you find any examples of such similar markups ? Mr. HUGHES . Four hundred percent was a rather large markup on an individual charge , Mr. Chairman . In our entire test in Florida , mark ...
... allowed the entire amount . Senator TALMADGE . Did you find any examples of such similar markups ? Mr. HUGHES . Four hundred percent was a rather large markup on an individual charge , Mr. Chairman . In our entire test in Florida , mark ...
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Page 155 - For purposes of the preceding provisions of this paragraph, the term routine services" shall mean the regular room, dietary, and nursing services, minor medical and surgical supplies and the use of equipment and facilities for which a separate charge is not customarily made; the term "ancillary services" shall mean those special services for which charges are customarily made in addition to routine services.
Page 264 - Any employee who believes that he has been discharged or otherwise discriminated against by any person in violation of this subsection may, within thirty days after such violation occurs, file a complaint with the Secretary alleging such discrimination.
Page 4 - For the purpose of advising and assisting the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Secretary" with respect to the education of the deaf, there is hereby created a National Advisory Committee on Education of the Deaf, which shall consist of...
Page 17 - Secretary, would cover 75 percent of the customary charges made for similar services in the same locality during the last preceding calendar year elapsing prior to the start of the fiscal year in which the bill is submitted or the request for payment is made.
Page 5 - Commission shall transmit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives an exact copy of its report and recommendations to the President.
Page 534 - Post-Hospital Extended Care Services (i) The term "post-hospital extended care services" means extended care services furnished an individual after transfer from a hospital in which he was an inpatient for not less than 3 consecutive days before his discharge from the hospital in connection with such transfer. For purposes of the preceding sentence, items and services shall be deemed to have been furnished to an individual after transfer from a hospital, and he shall...
Page 249 - Appropriations Committees, the Senate Finance Committee, and the House Ways and Means Committee; and all other congressional committees.
Page 134 - OF FEDERATION OF AMERICAN HOSPITALS On behalf of the members of the Federation of American Hospitals, we would like to thank the Committee for this opportunity to present the views of our organization on national health insurance.
Page 221 - ... through representatives of their own choosing, without restraint, coercion, or interference on the part of the producers.
Page 317 - That must always rest upon some difference which bears a reasonable and just relation to the act in respect to which the classification is proposed, and can never be made arbitrarily and without any such basis.