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 to Provide for the Reform of the Administrative and Reimbursement Procedures Currently Employed Under the Medicare and Medicaid Programs, and for Other Purposes, June 7, 8, 9, and 10, 1977U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977 - 638 pages |
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... limit their oral presentations to brief summaries of their argument . " Senator Talmadge stated that in light of this statute and in view of the large number of witnesses who have already formally requested an opportunity to appear ...
... limit their oral presentations to brief summaries of their argument . " Senator Talmadge stated that in light of this statute and in view of the large number of witnesses who have already formally requested an opportunity to appear ...
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... is accomplished by classifying hospitals according to bed size and type and by establishing prospective limits on per diem . routine operating costs for hospitals in that group . We believe that the concepts underlying section 2 of the 80.
... is accomplished by classifying hospitals according to bed size and type and by establishing prospective limits on per diem . routine operating costs for hospitals in that group . We believe that the concepts underlying section 2 of the 80.
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... limits on hospital costs should be based on different types of hospitals ; and these limits should encourage efficiency and penalize inefficiency . These concepts , as the President has stated , must clearly be part of meaningful reform ...
... limits on hospital costs should be based on different types of hospitals ; and these limits should encourage efficiency and penalize inefficiency . These concepts , as the President has stated , must clearly be part of meaningful reform ...
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... limit on actual increase in hospital costs over time but instead bases its limits on the average costs for types of hospitals . Thus , if all hospitals increase their costs substan- tially from one year to the next , this provision ...
... limit on actual increase in hospital costs over time but instead bases its limits on the average costs for types of hospitals . Thus , if all hospitals increase their costs substan- tially from one year to the next , this provision ...
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... limit , partially offset by a cost of 0.7 percent due to the incentive pro- vision ) versus 0.7 percent under Section 223. Although the 120 percent limit under Section 2 is more stringent than the present limitation under Section 223 ...
... limit , partially offset by a cost of 0.7 percent due to the incentive pro- vision ) versus 0.7 percent under Section 223. Although the 120 percent limit under Section 2 is more stringent than the present limitation under Section 223 ...
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