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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... incentives would not apply until fiscal 1981 and that without something in between , hospital costs will continue to ... incentive payments made in fiscal 1981 , those amounts would be based upon fiscal 1979 performance by the hospitals ...
... incentives would not apply until fiscal 1981 and that without something in between , hospital costs will continue to ... incentive payments made in fiscal 1981 , those amounts would be based upon fiscal 1979 performance by the hospitals ...
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... incentives . I will submit for the record all of their de- tailed work , because I think it would be helpful for your experts to look at what our professional people have done . Senator TALMADGE . We would be pleased if you would submit ...
... incentives . I will submit for the record all of their de- tailed work , because I think it would be helpful for your experts to look at what our professional people have done . Senator TALMADGE . We would be pleased if you would submit ...
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... incentives for improved efficiency contained in your bill . Finally , I would like to respond to one other query about the ad- ministration's program - namely , that any slowing of the rate of in- crease in hospital costs can only be ...
... incentives for improved efficiency contained in your bill . Finally , I would like to respond to one other query about the ad- ministration's program - namely , that any slowing of the rate of in- crease in hospital costs can only be ...
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... incentives of our system . I think that we have to have the 9 - percent cap . If we do not , be- tween now and 1981 ... incentive to become more efficient . The hospital that we do not catch is the hospital that today is charging , say ...
... incentives of our system . I think that we have to have the 9 - percent cap . If we do not , be- tween now and 1981 ... incentive to become more efficient . The hospital that we do not catch is the hospital that today is charging , say ...
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... incentives to convert excess hospital beds to nursing home beds or other health facilities where they can be used for that purpose . Also , we like the idea of prospective reimbursement very much . Our concern about prospective ...
... incentives to convert excess hospital beds to nursing home beds or other health facilities where they can be used for that purpose . Also , we like the idea of prospective reimbursement very much . Our concern about prospective ...
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