Medicare-medicaid Administrative and Reimbursement Reform Act: Hearing 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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... believe , an ingenious answer to the problem of unneeded , underutilized hospital facilities . We believe such a pro- vision would overcome the opposition many states have experienced when they have tried to close or consolidate ...
... believe , an ingenious answer to the problem of unneeded , underutilized hospital facilities . We believe such a pro- vision would overcome the opposition many states have experienced when they have tried to close or consolidate ...
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... believe that S. 1470 takes this 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 ...
... believe that S. 1470 takes this 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 ...
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... believe that the following additional provisions should be introduced : One , the establishment of a national capital expenditures ceiling ; while we cannot confirm the accuracy of the $ 2.5 billion ceiling con- tained in the ...
... believe that the following additional provisions should be introduced : One , the establishment of a national capital expenditures ceiling ; while we cannot confirm the accuracy of the $ 2.5 billion ceiling con- tained in the ...
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... believe that individual planning agencies could be given a role in suggesting criteria for the hospital classification described in section 2 . We also specifically support section 10 of the bill which encourages physicians to accept ...
... believe that individual planning agencies could be given a role in suggesting criteria for the hospital classification described in section 2 . We also specifically support section 10 of the bill which encourages physicians to accept ...
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... believe , would improve the workability of the approach . We began the dis- cussion of that on page 7 . We believe that the provisions , Mr. Chairman , of section 2 would result in significant improvement of the existing methodology of ...
... believe , would improve the workability of the approach . We began the dis- cussion of that on page 7 . We believe that the provisions , Mr. Chairman , of section 2 would result in significant improvement of the existing methodology of ...
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