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 ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977 - 638 pages |
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( 4 ) ( A ) ( i ) The term “ adjusted per diem payment rate 5 for routine operating costs ' , means the per diem payment rate 4 6 for routine operating costs plus the average percentage 9 7 increase in prices determined under succeeding ...
( 4 ) ( A ) ( i ) The term “ adjusted per diem payment rate 5 for routine operating costs ' , means the per diem payment rate 4 6 for routine operating costs plus the average percentage 9 7 increase in prices determined under succeeding ...
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... and by adding a subpara12 graph : “ ( D ) not to increase amounts due from any indi13 vidual , organization , or agency in order to offset reductions 14 made under section 1861 ( aa ) in the amount paid , or ex11 15 pected to be ...
... and by adding a subpara12 graph : “ ( D ) not to increase amounts due from any indi13 vidual , organization , or agency in order to offset reductions 14 made under section 1861 ( aa ) in the amount paid , or ex11 15 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 containment proposal is a transitional program , designed to restrain the intolerable current rate of increase in hospital costs and to gain the time necessary to work out some of the difficulties that we see ...
The administration's cost containment proposal is a transitional program , designed to restrain the intolerable current rate of increase in hospital costs and to gain the time necessary to work out some of the difficulties that we see ...
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Similarly , approximately one - fifth of all hospitals now voluntarily keep their cost increases below 9 percent annually ... 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 annually ... more than a 15 - percent increase in admissions — and major changes in new capital facilities or equipment .
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