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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The two programs will cost Federal and State taxpayers more than $ 47 billion in fiscal 1978 - some $ 9 billion ... There is no question but that the way we pay for care under our programs serves to inflate health care costs for all ...
The two programs will cost Federal and State taxpayers more than $ 47 billion in fiscal 1978 - some $ 9 billion ... There is no question but that the way we pay for care under our programs serves to inflate health care costs for all ...
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The second argument is that the bill covers only adjusted routine hospital costs and does not apply to other ... just as soon as that expertise becomes available , the scope would be broadened to include other hospital cost centers .
The second argument is that the bill covers only adjusted routine hospital costs and does not apply to other ... just as soon as that expertise becomes available , the scope would be broadened to include other hospital cost centers .
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that the savings in the S. 1470 approach would derive from moderating the rise in hospital costs rather than the actual ... payments and then subtracting that total from the reduction in payments to excessively high - cost hospitals .
that the savings in the S. 1470 approach would derive from moderating the rise in hospital costs rather than the actual ... payments and then subtracting that total from the reduction in payments to excessively high - cost hospitals .
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By reimbursing hospitals for most incurred costs , this method provides virtually no incentives for efficiency . ... If we take no action now , total health expenditures will double between 1975 and 1980 ; hospital costs paid by ...
By reimbursing hospitals for most incurred costs , this method provides virtually no incentives for efficiency . ... If we take no action now , total health expenditures will double between 1975 and 1980 ; hospital costs paid by ...
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Reimbursement of hospitals must be shifted from retrospective to prospective ; prospective limits on hospital costs should be based on different types of hospitals ; and these limits should encourage efficiency and penalize inefficiency ...
Reimbursement of hospitals must be shifted from retrospective to prospective ; prospective limits on hospital costs should be based on different types of hospitals ; and these limits should encourage efficiency and penalize inefficiency ...
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| Title | 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 .... |
| 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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