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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... hospital costs and does not in- clude such critical expenditures as capital costs , education and train- ing costs , malpractice insurance expenses , energy costs , and so - called ancillary costs - for example , the costs for expensive ...
... hospital costs and does not in- clude such critical expenditures as capital costs , education and train- ing costs , malpractice insurance expenses , energy costs , and so - called ancillary costs - for example , the costs for expensive ...
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... hospital outside a patient's locality is covered if the hospital is the nearest institution with appropriate equipment , personnel , and with the capability to provide necessary services . However , ambulance ... hospitals kept costs and 86.
... hospital outside a patient's locality is covered if the hospital is the nearest institution with appropriate equipment , personnel , and with the capability to provide necessary services . However , ambulance ... hospitals kept costs and 86.
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... hospitals kept costs and rev- enues within the limits imposed and did not automatically increase them to the maximum extent allowable . Similarly , approximately one - fifth of all hospitals now voluntarily keep their cost increases ...
... hospitals kept costs and rev- enues within the limits imposed and did not automatically increase them to the maximum extent allowable . Similarly , approximately one - fifth of all hospitals now voluntarily keep their cost increases ...
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... hospital expenditures , it provides little economic incentive to the hospital to moderate costs . Proponents of ... hospital administration , cost behavior , and quality of care through compari- sons with matched control groups of ...
... hospital expenditures , it provides little economic incentive to the hospital to moderate costs . Proponents of ... hospital administration , cost behavior , and quality of care through compari- sons with matched control groups of ...
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... HOSPITAL REIMBURSEMENT AND HOSPITAL COSTS Mr. Chairman , there is another problem identified in the proposed legisla- tion that the Administration views as being of the greatest urgency - the meth- ods by which hospitals are reimbursed ...
... HOSPITAL REIMBURSEMENT AND HOSPITAL COSTS Mr. Chairman , there is another problem identified in the proposed legisla- tion that the Administration views as being of the greatest urgency - the meth- ods by which hospitals are reimbursed ...
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