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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That is still my view and the staff of the committee has been working at my direction on possible approaches which could be considered if the decision is made to extend ... The reason for this limited initial approach is simple .
That is still my view and the staff of the committee has been working at my direction on possible approaches which could be considered if the decision is made to extend ... The reason for this limited initial approach is simple .
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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 difference between the penalties and the incentive payments . Some have engaged in a numbers game saying that my ...
that the savings in the S. 1470 approach would derive from moderating the rise in hospital costs rather than the actual difference between the penalties and the incentive payments . Some have engaged in a numbers game saying that my ...
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They are very different approaches . The 9 per- cent is saying , here is your total revenue . ... We are tired of the kind of approach where the more you do the more you get paid , the kind of overutilization of health care ...
They are very different approaches . The 9 per- cent is saying , here is your total revenue . ... We are tired of the kind of approach where the more you do the more you get paid , the kind of overutilization of health care ...
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To designate one approach is too rigid and could be in- equitable and doomed to failure . All States should be required to meet Federal minimum standards with incentives for doing better , and I think your bill moves in that direction .
To designate one approach is too rigid and could be in- equitable and doomed to failure . All States should be required to meet Federal minimum standards with incentives for doing better , and I think your bill moves in that direction .
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The approach contained in S. 1470 constitutes a major improve- ment over the current hospital reimbursement structure but ... The present piecemeal reimbursement structure is an inequitable and ineffec- tive approach to hospital cost ...
The approach contained in S. 1470 constitutes a major improve- ment over the current hospital reimbursement structure but ... The present piecemeal reimbursement structure is an inequitable and ineffec- tive approach to hospital cost ...
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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 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Jan 2009 |
| Length | 638 pages |
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