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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... laboratory or X - ray services which are for hospital inpatients or outpatients or are performed outside the office of the participating physician . " . ( b ) The amendments made by paragraph ( 1 ) shall 9 become effective July 1 , 1978 ...
... laboratory or X - ray services which are for hospital inpatients or outpatients or are performed outside the office of the participating physician . " . ( b ) The amendments made by paragraph ( 1 ) shall 9 become effective July 1 , 1978 ...
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... laboratory's operations 9 that are customarily performed by nonphysician personnel . ( 3 ) Section 1861 ( b ) of such Act is amended- 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ( 6 ) , ( A ) by striking out " or " at the end of paragraph ( B ) by ...
... laboratory's operations 9 that are customarily performed by nonphysician personnel . ( 3 ) Section 1861 ( b ) of such Act is amended- 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ( 6 ) , ( A ) by striking out " or " at the end of paragraph ( B ) by ...
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... laboratory and operating facilities are closed on weekends . The Administration proposal would give hospitals an incentive to reduce lengths of hospital stays . Any reduction in stays results in an automatic in- crease in the allowable ...
... laboratory and operating facilities are closed on weekends . The Administration proposal would give hospitals an incentive to reduce lengths of hospital stays . Any reduction in stays results in an automatic in- crease in the allowable ...
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... laboratories for the develop- ment of innovative cost control procedures . We strongly recommend that States with existing and effective programs of hospital cost con- trol be exempted form the hospital reimbursement provisions of this ...
... laboratories for the develop- ment of innovative cost control procedures . We strongly recommend that States with existing and effective programs of hospital cost con- trol be exempted form the hospital reimbursement provisions of this ...
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... encouraged to continue and progress . This would not only give the federal government a benchmark against which to measure its program of hospital cost containment , it would also permit these states to serve as laboratories 130.
... encouraged to continue and progress . This would not only give the federal government a benchmark against which to measure its program of hospital cost containment , it would also permit these states to serve as laboratories 130.
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