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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... approach is simple . We did not believe that we had the expertise to make reasonable comparisons of costs other than adjusted routine at the outset of the program , but the bill specifically provides that , just as soon as that ...
... approach is simple . We did not believe that we had the expertise to make reasonable comparisons of costs other than adjusted routine at the outset of the program , but the bill specifically provides that , just as soon as that ...
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... approach would derive from moderating the rise in hospital costs rather than the actual difference between the penalties and the incentive payments . Some have engaged in a numbers game saying that my bill would only save such and such ...
... approach would derive from moderating the rise in hospital costs rather than the actual difference between the penalties and the incentive payments . Some have engaged in a numbers game saying that my bill would only save such and such ...
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... approach taken , the mathematics of consolidation did not have one and one equalling two or less but equalling three or more . It gets worse . Before the so - called consolidation , the Bureau of Health Insurance , the Medical Services ...
... approach taken , the mathematics of consolidation did not have one and one equalling two or less but equalling three or more . It gets worse . Before the so - called consolidation , the Bureau of Health Insurance , the Medical Services ...
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... approaches . The 9 cent is saying , here is your total revenue . The Talmadge proposal is to say , calculate your ... approach where the more you do the more you get paid , the kind of overutilization of health care , which apparently ...
... approaches . The 9 cent is saying , here is your total revenue . The Talmadge proposal is to say , calculate your ... approach where the more you do the more you get paid , the kind of overutilization of health care , which apparently ...
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... approach contained in S. 1470 constitutes a major improve- ment over the current hospital reimbursement structure but should extend even further to reach all payers . The present piecemeal reimbursement structure is an inequitable and ...
... approach contained in S. 1470 constitutes a major improve- ment over the current hospital reimbursement structure but should extend even further to reach all payers . The present piecemeal reimbursement structure is an inequitable and ...
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