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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... suggests , that states operating rate review pro- grams which either meet or exceed minimum Federal guidelines should be free to continue to administer their own hospital reimbursement programs . The use of state expertise and staff ...
... suggests , that states operating rate review pro- grams which either meet or exceed minimum Federal guidelines should be free to continue to administer their own hospital reimbursement programs . The use of state expertise and staff ...
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... suggest that while S. 1470 contains numerous worthwhile features that deserve widespread support , the bill should not be represented as the exclusive answer to controlling health care costs . Medicaid and medicare account for only one ...
... suggest that while S. 1470 contains numerous worthwhile features that deserve widespread support , the bill should not be represented as the exclusive answer to controlling health care costs . Medicaid and medicare account for only one ...
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... suggest that absent these changes , " any expansion would be an open invitation to fiscal disaster " . While , of course , our presence here today is not to debate the merits or de- merits of the various national health insurance ...
... suggest that absent these changes , " any expansion would be an open invitation to fiscal disaster " . While , of course , our presence here today is not to debate the merits or de- merits of the various national health insurance ...
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... suggest . Dr. WHALEN . It does , Senator , when you are talking in terms of routine costs . I think over time , as one moves to a consideration of imposing ceilings on ancillary costs that the grouping process becomes much more ...
... suggest . Dr. WHALEN . It does , Senator , when you are talking in terms of routine costs . I think over time , as one moves to a consideration of imposing ceilings on ancillary costs that the grouping process becomes much more ...
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... suggests that excepting ancillary costs from the reimbursement formula may weaken the effectiveness of cost control measures . The concept of a conversion allowance is endorsed , as is the provision that would allow hospitals to convert ...
... suggests that excepting ancillary costs from the reimbursement formula may weaken the effectiveness of cost control measures . The concept of a conversion allowance is endorsed , as is the provision that would allow hospitals to convert ...
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