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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4 “ ( 4 ) ( A ) ( i ) The term ' adjusted per diem payment rate 5 for routine operating costs ' , means the per diem payment rate 6 for routine operating costs plus the average percentage 7 increase in prices determined under succeeding ...
4 “ ( 4 ) ( A ) ( i ) The term ' adjusted per diem payment rate 5 for routine operating costs ' , means the per diem payment rate 6 for routine operating costs plus the average percentage 7 increase in prices determined under succeeding ...
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... and by adding a subpara- 12 graph : " ( D ) not to increase amounts due from any indi- 13 vidual , organization , or agency in order to offset reductions 14 made under section 1861 ( aa ) in the amount paid , or ex- pected to be ...
... and by adding a subpara- 12 graph : " ( D ) not to increase amounts due from any indi- 13 vidual , organization , or agency in order to offset reductions 14 made under section 1861 ( aa ) in the amount paid , or ex- pected to be ...
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Hospitals may be able to circumvent section 2's restraint on a limited proportion of their costs by shifting costs to other , uncovered areas - for example , ancillary costs or by increasing the lengths of patient stays .
Hospitals may be able to circumvent section 2's restraint on a limited proportion of their costs by shifting costs to other , uncovered areas - for example , ancillary costs or by increasing the lengths of patient stays .
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The administration's cost contain- ment proposal is a transitional program , designed to restrain the in- tolerable current rate of increase in hospital costs and to gain the time necessary to work out some of the difficulties that we ...
The administration's cost contain- ment proposal is a transitional program , designed to restrain the in- tolerable current rate of increase in hospital costs and to gain the time necessary to work out some of the difficulties that we ...
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Similarly , approximately one - fifth of all hospitals now voluntarily keep their cost increases below 9 percent ... loads more than a 15 - percent increase in admissions and major changes in new capital facilities or equipment .
Similarly , approximately one - fifth of all hospitals now voluntarily keep their cost increases below 9 percent ... loads more than a 15 - percent increase in admissions and major changes in new capital facilities or equipment .
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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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