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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... wage level 22 ( including fringe benefit costs ) for hospitals is significantly 23 higher than the general wage level ( including fringe bene- 24 fit costs ) in that area ( relative to the relationship between 25 hospital wages and general ...
... wage level 22 ( including fringe benefit costs ) for hospitals is significantly 23 higher than the general wage level ( including fringe bene- 24 fit costs ) in that area ( relative to the relationship between 25 hospital wages and general ...
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... wage levels , nature , ex- 3 tent , and appropriate volume of the services furnished , and 4 other factors which have a substantial impact on hospital 5 costs . The Secretary shall provide procedures for appropriate 6 exceptions . 7 ( 2 ) ...
... wage levels , nature , ex- 3 tent , and appropriate volume of the services furnished , and 4 other factors which have a substantial impact on hospital 5 costs . The Secretary shall provide procedures for appropriate 6 exceptions . 7 ( 2 ) ...
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... wage base data as an important variable , we simply do not have such data at present for most localities in the United States . I do not know how long it will take to get such data . I know that most of the data changes we made in the ...
... wage base data as an important variable , we simply do not have such data at present for most localities in the United States . I do not know how long it will take to get such data . I know that most of the data changes we made in the ...
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... wages today still are 15 percent below the wage for the average wage for nonagricultural workers in our economy . You also expressed some reservations about our program's differen- tial impact on efficient and inefficient hospitals . We ...
... wages today still are 15 percent below the wage for the average wage for nonagricultural workers in our economy . You also expressed some reservations about our program's differen- tial impact on efficient and inefficient hospitals . We ...
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... wage - base data for most localities . " I agree with you that this is an important variable in comparing hospitals . Are you aware that during the drafting of this section we were ad- vised by the Office of Research and Statistics of ...
... wage - base data for most localities . " I agree with you that this is an important variable in comparing hospitals . Are you aware that during the drafting of this section we were ad- vised by the Office of Research and Statistics of ...
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