President's Hospital Cost Containment Proposal: Joint Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, and the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 6575, Hospital Const Containment Act of 1977, May 11, 12, and 13, 1977, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977 - 1350 pages |
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Page 127 - ... (2) such nursing services and other related services, such use of hospital facilities, and such medical social services as are customarily furnished by the hospital for the care and treatment of Inpatients, and...
Page 126 - For purposes of this part, the term "carrier" means— (1) with respect to providers of services and other persons, a voluntary association, corporation, partnership, or other nongovernmental organization which is lawfully engaged in providing, paying for, or reimbursing the cost of, health services under group insurance policies or contracts, medical or hospital service agreements, membership or subscription contracts, or similar group arrangements, in consideration of premiums or other periodic...
Page 311 - ... of individuals who are not described in clause (A) and who do not meet the income and resources requirements of the appropriate State plan, or the supplemental security income program under title XVI, as the case may be, as determined in accordance with standards prescribed by the Secretary...
Page 244 - A recent staff report of the President's Council on Wage and Price Stability, "The Rapid Rise of Hospital Costs," by Feldstein and Taylor, provides a method for determining the component of increasing hospital expenses per day which can be attributed to increasing prices paid by hospitals, as distinguished from the increase which is due to other factors. The study estimated that the average annual increase in...
Page 497 - Act to facilitate the development of recommendations for a national health planning policy, to augment areawide and State planning for health services, manpower, and facilities, and to authorize financial assistance for the development of resources to further that policy.
Page 127 - ... means an institution which — (1) is primarily engaged in providing, by or under the supervision of physicians, to inpatients (a) diagnostic services and therapeutic services for medical diagnosis, treatment, and care of injured, disabled, or sick persons...
Page 604 - May 17, 1976 testimony before the Subcommittee on Health of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare...
Page xiv - Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means, today announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing on long-term care options.
Page 128 - ... (3) such other diagnostic or therapeutic items or services, furnished by the hospital or by others under arrangements with them made by the hospital, as are ordinarily furnished to inpatients either by such hospital or by others under such arrangements...
Page 244 - The AFL-CIO unions with substantial membership in the hospital industry are the Service Employees International Union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and Local 1199, of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.