Medicare-medicaid Administrative and Reimbursement Reform Act: Hearings 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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... industry ( which constitutes 40 percent of health care costs ) . If we take no action now , total health expenditures will double between 1975 and 1980 ; hospital costs paid by Medicare and Medicaid will double even sooner : total ...
... industry ( which constitutes 40 percent of health care costs ) . If we take no action now , total health expenditures will double between 1975 and 1980 ; hospital costs paid by Medicare and Medicaid will double even sooner : total ...
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... industry . Second , there are today about 240,000 empty beds in our community hospitals . At least 100,000 of these beds are absolutely unnecessary . At a maintenance cost of $ 10,000 to $ 20,000 per empty bed , the annual cost of 100 ...
... industry . Second , there are today about 240,000 empty beds in our community hospitals . At least 100,000 of these beds are absolutely unnecessary . At a maintenance cost of $ 10,000 to $ 20,000 per empty bed , the annual cost of 100 ...
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... industry . We had a high unemployment rate and increased welfare costs - costs which increased health care costs and put a real crimp into our budget . We just simply reduced payments to providers by 11 percent . We discounted their ...
... industry . We had a high unemployment rate and increased welfare costs - costs which increased health care costs and put a real crimp into our budget . We just simply reduced payments to providers by 11 percent . We discounted their ...
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... industry , on the assumption that controlling costs only in one part of the health care sector will only result in a " ballooning out " effect in other areas of the sector . As an example , in 1973 Connecticut created a commission on ...
... industry , on the assumption that controlling costs only in one part of the health care sector will only result in a " ballooning out " effect in other areas of the sector . As an example , in 1973 Connecticut created a commission on ...
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... industry . We believe that the Talmadge bill is a major step in the direction of achieving those goals . * 8. 1470 Mr. Chairman , we at the state level realize the enormous time and energy that was devoted to the creation of this ...
... industry . We believe that the Talmadge bill is a major step in the direction of achieving those goals . * 8. 1470 Mr. Chairman , we at the state level realize the enormous time and energy that was devoted to the creation of this ...
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Page 384 - Nothing in this title shall be construed to authorize any Federal officer or employee to exercise any supervision or control over the practice of medicine or the manner in which medical services are provided...
Page 433 - ... (2) changes the bed capacity of the facility with respect to which such expenditure is made, or (3) substantially changes the services of the facility with respect to which such expenditure is made.
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Page 202 - ... is a step in the right direction, but does not go far enough...
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Page 160 - An allowance of a reasonable return on equity capital invested and used in the provision of patient care is allowable as an element of the reasonable cost of covered services furnished to beneficiaries by proprietary providers. The amount allowable on an annual basis is determined by applying to the provider's equity capital a percentage equal to one and one-half times the average of the rates of interest on special issues of public debt obligations issued to the Federal...
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