Medicare Administrative Costs: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Oversight of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, Second Session, August 2 and 27, 1976U.S. Government Printing Office, 1976 - 239 pages |
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... notice , in the committee hearing room , Longworth House Office Building , Hon . Fortney H. Stark presiding . Mr. STARK . I think if the clerk is ready , we will bring this meeting together . Chairman Vanik may come along in a while ...
... notice , in the committee hearing room , Longworth House Office Building , Hon . Fortney H. Stark presiding . Mr. STARK . I think if the clerk is ready , we will bring this meeting together . Chairman Vanik may come along in a while ...
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... notice on the administrative costs data for July to March of 1976 , most of the Blue Cross cities it was less than 2 percent and for the same commercial service it was above 2 percent . Mr. SIMMS . I don't remember it that way ...
... notice on the administrative costs data for July to March of 1976 , most of the Blue Cross cities it was less than 2 percent and for the same commercial service it was above 2 percent . Mr. SIMMS . I don't remember it that way ...
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... notices from doctors ' offices and dunning notices from collection agencies . Because Blue Shield failed to comply with eight recommendations made in a State Insurance Commissioner's Department audit in 1971 and has current finan- cial ...
... notices from doctors ' offices and dunning notices from collection agencies . Because Blue Shield failed to comply with eight recommendations made in a State Insurance Commissioner's Department audit in 1971 and has current finan- cial ...
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... notice or warning it would be canceled . After several months of jousting with Blue Cross officials , she sent in ... notices if we did not receive their payment by the due date . " That policy began last May . FEE PROBLEM But perhaps ...
... notice or warning it would be canceled . After several months of jousting with Blue Cross officials , she sent in ... notices if we did not receive their payment by the due date . " That policy began last May . FEE PROBLEM But perhaps ...
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... notice from her doctor to pay the bill and finally threats to turn it over to a collection agency . " Your account ... notices and pays it . " We can't prevent them from billing the patient , " Thomas Girard , president of Blue Shield ...
... notice from her doctor to pay the bill and finally threats to turn it over to a collection agency . " Your account ... notices and pays it . " We can't prevent them from billing the patient , " Thomas Girard , president of Blue Shield ...
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accounting activities administrative costs agreement allocation amount Article Audit Agency BCA's benefits bill Blue Cross Association Blue Cross plans Blue Cross-Blue Shield Blue Shield budget Bureau of Health carriers changes charge claims processing committee CONGRESS THE LIBRARY contract contractors cost accounting standards cost reports data processing determined developed effective executive executive compensation expenses Federal Health Insurance Federal Procurement Regulations fiscal funds Government HEW Audit hospital increase incurred instructions Intermediary issues letter of credit LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Medicaid Medicare program million negotiation operations organizations panel paragraph payment percent performance physicians prior approval private sector problems procedures Professor LAW proposed providers of services question RANGEL rate review record reimbursement responsibility role salaries Secretary Social Security Administration specific staff STARK STEPNICK subcontract submit Suycott tape-to-tape TIERNEY tion TRESNOWSKI utilization review vice president Wisconsin
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