Costs and Delivery of Health Services to Older Americans: Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, First [and Second] Session[s].U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967 - 846 pages |
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... fees . Some doctors have excused their fee - grabbing by claiming they charged the impecunious elderly reduced fees before medicare and feel an obligation to charge them more now that the Government pays a major part of their doctor ...
... fees . Some doctors have excused their fee - grabbing by claiming they charged the impecunious elderly reduced fees before medicare and feel an obligation to charge them more now that the Government pays a major part of their doctor ...
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... fees for service that conform to fees that are customary and reasonable . The medicare payment agency would be empowered to send a settlement to the patient for transmission to the doctor . ALTERNATIVES ON BILLING This would provide an ...
... fees for service that conform to fees that are customary and reasonable . The medicare payment agency would be empowered to send a settlement to the patient for transmission to the doctor . ALTERNATIVES ON BILLING This would provide an ...
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... fee and were reimbursed on a lesser scale because medicare considered the fee excessive . At times the over- charge ... fees for office calls have risen by 100 percent or more . ( 5 ) Refusal to accept assignment . The refusal of many ...
... fee and were reimbursed on a lesser scale because medicare considered the fee excessive . At times the over- charge ... fees for office calls have risen by 100 percent or more . ( 5 ) Refusal to accept assignment . The refusal of many ...
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... fee at each clinic visit . If the patient could not pay the $ 50 deductible fee , or the following 20 % , this is collectable under Medicare as a bad debt . It would seem that some different way of handling this situation could be ...
... fee at each clinic visit . If the patient could not pay the $ 50 deductible fee , or the following 20 % , this is collectable under Medicare as a bad debt . It would seem that some different way of handling this situation could be ...
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... fees , which had been rising about 3 percent per year in the period 1960-65 , went up 7.8 percent in 1966. This was the largest annual increase since 1927. Physicians ' fees increased 3.8 percent in each half of 1966 . Drug prices have ...
... fees , which had been rising about 3 percent per year in the period 1960-65 , went up 7.8 percent in 1966. This was the largest annual increase since 1927. Physicians ' fees increased 3.8 percent in each half of 1966 . Drug prices have ...
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