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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... patients while performing the activities de- 17 scribed in subparagraphs ( D ) and ( E ) and the reasonable 18 ... patients only where the physician personally 23 performs acts or makes decisions with respect to a patient's 24 diagnosis ...
... patients while performing the activities de- 17 scribed in subparagraphs ( D ) and ( E ) and the reasonable 18 ... patients only where the physician personally 23 performs acts or makes decisions with respect to a patient's 24 diagnosis ...
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... patients , to provide such patients with second - class care , or to transfer their costs to other payors . Mr. Chairman , I was delighted to notice in your opening statement that you would consider extending coverage to all hospitals ...
... patients , to provide such patients with second - class care , or to transfer their costs to other payors . Mr. Chairman , I was delighted to notice in your opening statement that you would consider extending coverage to all hospitals ...
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... patients that they serve . Both title I and title II of our plan would provide strong incentives for hospitals to reduce unnecessary specialized facilities . For ex- ample , studies have shown that to maintain minimum standards of ...
... patients that they serve . Both title I and title II of our plan would provide strong incentives for hospitals to reduce unnecessary specialized facilities . For ex- ample , studies have shown that to maintain minimum standards of ...
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... patients will have different costs than a 200 bed short term general hospital with a large fraction of cardiac patients . Unfortunately , we presently lack the methodology to classify hospitals by types of patient ( i.e. by the type of ...
... patients will have different costs than a 200 bed short term general hospital with a large fraction of cardiac patients . Unfortunately , we presently lack the methodology to classify hospitals by types of patient ( i.e. by the type of ...
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... patients are a serious problem to hospitals because of the increasing stringency of state programs and because of the decline in the ability of local governments to finance the care of their medically needy patients . This problem is ...
... patients are a serious problem to hospitals because of the increasing stringency of state programs and because of the decline in the ability of local governments to finance the care of their medically needy patients . This problem is ...
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