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 . I think that eventually it is going to have to move , as you indicated in the bill , to ceilings in other areas of cost . This is a little bit more difficult . Groupings are more difficult as one moves to control ancillary ...
... approach . I think that eventually it is going to have to move , as you indicated in the bill , to ceilings in other areas of cost . This is a little bit more difficult . Groupings are more difficult as one moves to control ancillary ...
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... approach , such as this bill , to the problem . We believe that consider- able attention should be given to increasing state resources so that health care cost containment can be effectively planned , implemented and evaluated . I wan ...
... approach , such as this bill , to the problem . We believe that consider- able attention should be given to increasing state resources so that health care cost containment can be effectively planned , implemented and evaluated . I wan ...
Page 133
... approach and for that reason we endorse the fundamental prin- ciples embodied in the bill . As you know , a major contributing factor to the rate of increase in health care facility costs is capital investment . Unnecessary capital ...
... approach and for that reason we endorse the fundamental prin- ciples embodied in the bill . As you know , a major contributing factor to the rate of increase in health care facility costs is capital investment . Unnecessary capital ...
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... approach that kind of occupancy in the eight county metropolitan area . I would be naming the number . I guess overall , considering the 29 inpatient facilities in the region , somewhere about 72 to 75 overall . Senator DOLE . Is it ...
... approach that kind of occupancy in the eight county metropolitan area . I would be naming the number . I guess overall , considering the 29 inpatient facilities in the region , somewhere about 72 to 75 overall . Senator DOLE . Is it ...
Page 140
... approach of your bill , Mr. Chairman , which considers the operational differences between institutions , is a reasonable and equita- ble one that deals rationally with cost problems , unlike the inequi- table and harmful approach ...
... approach of your bill , Mr. Chairman , which considers the operational differences between institutions , is a reasonable and equita- ble one that deals rationally with cost problems , unlike the inequi- table and harmful approach ...
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