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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... increase . We did not want to hurt them . We also noted that on the average , hospital workers are 15 percent below nonagricultural workers in terms of pay in our economy . We thought this exception was justified . Senator DOLE . I do ...
... increase . We did not want to hurt them . We also noted that on the average , hospital workers are 15 percent below nonagricultural workers in terms of pay in our economy . We thought this exception was justified . Senator DOLE . I do ...
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... increases in hospital costs over time , but instead bases its limits on the average costs for types of hospitals . Thus , if all hospitals increase their costs substantially from one year to the next , this provision would permit ...
... increases in hospital costs over time , but instead bases its limits on the average costs for types of hospitals . Thus , if all hospitals increase their costs substantially from one year to the next , this provision would permit ...
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... increase them to the maximum extent allowable . Similarly , approximately one - fifth of all hos- pitals now voluntarily keep their cost increases below 9 percent annually even though they are not required by law to do so . Moreover ...
... increase them to the maximum extent allowable . Similarly , approximately one - fifth of all hos- pitals now voluntarily keep their cost increases below 9 percent annually even though they are not required by law to do so . Moreover ...
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... increased rapidly in recent years . For example , individual hospitals report that as many as 25 to 30 percent of ... increase on a per diem basis . Again , these changed economic incentives should strengthen our existing utilization ...
... increased rapidly in recent years . For example , individual hospitals report that as many as 25 to 30 percent of ... increase on a per diem basis . Again , these changed economic incentives should strengthen our existing utilization ...
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... increase in expenditures by the health care delivery system over the past decade has not demonstrably benefited the health status of the American people . We are con- fronted with rapidly increasing expenditures for new technology ...
... increase in expenditures by the health care delivery system over the past decade has not demonstrably benefited the health status of the American people . We are con- fronted with rapidly increasing expenditures for new technology ...
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