Costs and Delivery of Health Services to Older Americans: Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, First [and Second] Session[s].U.S. Government Printing Office, 1960 |
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Page 654
... claims submitted are being held up and investigated because of suspected excessive charges on overutilization . The same applies in some respect to prescription drugs . ( b ) A few individual doctors may be receiving , from the services ...
... claims submitted are being held up and investigated because of suspected excessive charges on overutilization . The same applies in some respect to prescription drugs . ( b ) A few individual doctors may be receiving , from the services ...
Page 655
... claims submitted , one doctor apparently was seeing over 200 patients a day - an average of one every 2 minutes . ( d ) Some claims are being paid on the basis of $ 9 to $ 12 a visit on the California Medical Association relative value ...
... claims submitted , one doctor apparently was seeing over 200 patients a day - an average of one every 2 minutes . ( d ) Some claims are being paid on the basis of $ 9 to $ 12 a visit on the California Medical Association relative value ...
Page 663
... claims have been paid in behalf of eligible Medi - Cal recipients . And this amounts to a total expenditure of in excess of $ 730 million to date . I am sure that before this fiscal year is out , this will surpass the $ 1 billion mark ...
... claims have been paid in behalf of eligible Medi - Cal recipients . And this amounts to a total expenditure of in excess of $ 730 million to date . I am sure that before this fiscal year is out , this will surpass the $ 1 billion mark ...
Page 664
... claims processing , we receive approxi- mately 40,000 claims a month which involve both medicare and Medi- Cal benefits . As has been previously mentioned on the basis of the patients en- titlement to medicare , many times he can't pay ...
... claims processing , we receive approxi- mately 40,000 claims a month which involve both medicare and Medi- Cal benefits . As has been previously mentioned on the basis of the patients en- titlement to medicare , many times he can't pay ...
Page 665
... claims processing , to date , under the Medi - Cal program , is just 772 cents per claim . This amounts to one - half of 1 percent of the amount paid for institutional services rendered . I think you will agree this is a mighty low ...
... claims processing , to date , under the Medi - Cal program , is just 772 cents per claim . This amounts to one - half of 1 percent of the amount paid for institutional services rendered . I think you will agree this is a mighty low ...
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