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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... problem identified in the proposed legislation that the administration views as being of the greatest urgency - the methods by which hospitals are reimbursed for services . provided to medicare and medicaid beneficiaries and the ...
... problem identified in the proposed legislation that the administration views as being of the greatest urgency - the methods by which hospitals are reimbursed for services . provided to medicare and medicaid beneficiaries and the ...
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... problem . We are trying to do our best to deal with this problem . We think that we have gotten as much of it as we can , and at the same time be eminently fair to the hospitals . We are letting their revenues increase by one and a half ...
... problem . We are trying to do our best to deal with this problem . We think that we have gotten as much of it as we can , and at the same time be eminently fair to the hospitals . We are letting their revenues increase by one and a half ...
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... problem and there are several kinds of problems . One is to try to get lower paid workers to stick for longer periods on the job . Second , to try and get them a little better trained . Some of those workers desire to do that . A lot of ...
... problem and there are several kinds of problems . One is to try to get lower paid workers to stick for longer periods on the job . Second , to try and get them a little better trained . Some of those workers desire to do that . A lot of ...
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... problem to some degree with respect to hospitals . As far as the other costs , we really thought that this 9 ... problems , but we are trying to do it as fast as we can . Also , not unrelated , I might say , to the personnel issues here ...
... problem to some degree with respect to hospitals . As far as the other costs , we really thought that this 9 ... problems , but we are trying to do it as fast as we can . Also , not unrelated , I might say , to the personnel issues here ...
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... problem . It is your view , I think you said , that this problem is the leading contributor to the increased cost in health care . Secretary CALIFANO . Hospitals are going up faster than anything else in this arena . That is right ...
... problem . It is your view , I think you said , that this problem is the leading contributor to the increased cost in health care . Secretary CALIFANO . Hospitals are going up faster than anything else in this arena . That is right ...
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