Medicare-medicaid Administrative and Reimbursement Reform Act: Hearing 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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... but not exceeding 120 percent of the hospital's adjusted per diem payment rate for routine 5 6 7 8 operating costs , or 9 “ ( II ) the amounts deterniined for the hospital 10 under clause ( 1 ) if it had been classified in the 11 ...
... but not exceeding 120 percent of the hospital's adjusted per diem payment rate for routine 5 6 7 8 operating costs , or 9 “ ( II ) the amounts deterniined for the hospital 10 under clause ( 1 ) if it had been classified in the 11 ...
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( 6 ) A hospital which has actual routine operating costs greater than or equal to this rate would receive its actual costs , subject to a maximum of 120 percent of the greater of ( 1 ) the rate for its cell and ( 2 ) the rate for the ...
( 6 ) A hospital which has actual routine operating costs greater than or equal to this rate would receive its actual costs , subject to a maximum of 120 percent of the greater of ( 1 ) the rate for its cell and ( 2 ) the rate for the ...
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A target minimum occupancy rate , for purposes of this section , was assumed to be 70 to 75 percent ; a reduction in the supply of beds nationally of about 5 percent would result if all hospitals were raised to this level by reducing ...
A target minimum occupancy rate , for purposes of this section , was assumed to be 70 to 75 percent ; a reduction in the supply of beds nationally of about 5 percent would result if all hospitals were raised to this level by reducing ...
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By denying the automatic , yearly adjustment to any prevailing charge level which is more than 143 times the statewide prevailing , a savings of approximately 1.6 percent of current physici expenditues would be achieved .
By denying the automatic , yearly adjustment to any prevailing charge level which is more than 143 times the statewide prevailing , a savings of approximately 1.6 percent of current physici expenditues would be achieved .
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Similarly , approximately one - fifth of all hospitals now voluntarily keep their cost increases below 9 percent annually even though they are not required by law to do so . Moreover under our plan , we have included provisions which ...
Similarly , approximately one - fifth of all hospitals now voluntarily keep their cost increases below 9 percent annually even though they are not required by law to do so . Moreover under our plan , we have included provisions which ...
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| Title | Medicare-medicaid Administrative and Reimbursement Reform Act: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, on S. 1470 ... |
| Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Health |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977 |
| Length | 638 pages |
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