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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That agency was intended to consoli- date medicare , medicaid , the Bureau of Quality Assurance , and some minor offices in order to cut redtape , eliminate overlapping and dupli- cative activities and personnel , and do away with the ...
That agency was intended to consoli- date medicare , medicaid , the Bureau of Quality Assurance , and some minor offices in order to cut redtape , eliminate overlapping and dupli- cative activities and personnel , and do away with the ...
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Specifically , my concerns dealt with— ( 1 ) the apparent proliferation of new superagencies , ( 2 ) the fragmentation of authority and responsibility through the submergence of the principal operating bureaus ( Medicare , Medicaid ...
Specifically , my concerns dealt with— ( 1 ) the apparent proliferation of new superagencies , ( 2 ) the fragmentation of authority and responsibility through the submergence of the principal operating bureaus ( Medicare , Medicaid ...
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Our current bill , S. 1470 , proposes reforms of the administrative and reim- bursement procedures for Medicare and Medicaid , including a provision for the legislative establishment of a Health Care Financing Administration .
Our current bill , S. 1470 , proposes reforms of the administrative and reim- bursement procedures for Medicare and Medicaid , including a provision for the legislative establishment of a Health Care Financing Administration .
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The Health Care Financing Administration should significantly improve the effectiveness , efficiency and responsiveness of medicare and medicaid by coordinating the policies and practices of the two programs and by eliminating ...
The Health Care Financing Administration should significantly improve the effectiveness , efficiency and responsiveness of medicare and medicaid by coordinating the policies and practices of the two programs and by eliminating ...
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We do not , therefore , believe that legislation establishing HCFA is necessary to achieve the desirable goals of consolidating medicare and medicaid administration . Mr. Chairman , there is another problem identified in the proposed ...
We do not , therefore , believe that legislation establishing HCFA is necessary to achieve the desirable goals of consolidating medicare and medicaid administration . Mr. Chairman , there is another problem identified in the proposed ...
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