Medicare-medicaid Administrative and Reimbursement Reform Act: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, on S. 1470 ....U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977 - 638 pages |
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... budget an item - by - item identification of the components of each type of anticipated expenditure or income ) ; " ( 2 ) provide for a capital expenditures plan for at least a five - year period ( including the year to which the ...
... budget an item - by - item identification of the components of each type of anticipated expenditure or income ) ; " ( 2 ) provide for a capital expenditures plan for at least a five - year period ( including the year to which the ...
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... budget effects . There is no question but that the way we pay for care under our pro- grams serves to inflate health care costs for all Americans . That situa- tion needs correction now . There is an absolute need for Federal and State ...
... budget effects . There is no question but that the way we pay for care under our pro- grams serves to inflate health care costs for all Americans . That situa- tion needs correction now . There is an absolute need for Federal and State ...
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... budget that goes to hospitals will rise steeply above the present 9 cents of every dollar . Mr. Chairman and members , we must either take some fairly stringent action or find the way to pick up the tab through increased taxes on the ...
... budget that goes to hospitals will rise steeply above the present 9 cents of every dollar . Mr. Chairman and members , we must either take some fairly stringent action or find the way to pick up the tab through increased taxes on the ...
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... budget , but its costs appear to increase with time - to approximately $ 55 million in fiscal year 1979 , $ 64 million in fiscal year 1980 , and $ 75 million in fiscal year 1981 . If modifications could be devised to meet the ...
... budget , but its costs appear to increase with time - to approximately $ 55 million in fiscal year 1979 , $ 64 million in fiscal year 1980 , and $ 75 million in fiscal year 1981 . If modifications could be devised to meet the ...
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... budget . It has , in effect , one supergrade for every $ 2 million . We have less than one for every $ 2 billion . I think we need talent at the top of this Government . I have spent a large part of my time since I became Secretary ...
... budget . It has , in effect , one supergrade for every $ 2 million . We have less than one for every $ 2 billion . I think we need talent at the top of this Government . I have spent a large part of my time since I became Secretary ...
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Page 384 - Nothing in this title shall be construed to 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...
Page 433 - ... (2) changes the bed capacity of the facility with respect to which such expenditure is made, or (3) substantially changes the services of the facility with respect to which such expenditure is made.
Page 583 - Council on Wage and Price Stability, "The Rapid Rise of Hospital Costs...
Page 491 - I have been a member of the board of directors and of the executive committee of the American Meat Institute for many years.
Page 207 - Appropriations Committees, the Senate Finance Committee, and the House Ways and Means Committee; and all other congressional committees.
Page 202 - ... is a step in the right direction, but does not go far enough...
Page 428 - Dermatology, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the American Academy of Neruology.
Page 160 - An allowance of a reasonable return on equity capital invested and used in the provision of patient care is allowable as an element of the reasonable cost of covered services furnished to beneficiaries by proprietary providers. The amount allowable on an annual basis is determined by applying to the provider's equity capital a percentage equal to one and one-half times the average of the rates of interest on special issues of public debt obligations issued to the Federal...
Page 243 - Chairman, if you have any questions I will be glad to try to answer them, or Mr.
Page 518 - Diplomat of the American Board of Anesthesiology and a Fellow of the American College of Anesthesiology.