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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In one area that you address , there may be good reason for it , you allow payment for wage increases to nonsupervisory employees with- out limit . You touch on that in your statement . Maybe it is necessary . I do not know .
In one area that you address , there may be good reason for it , you allow payment for wage increases to nonsupervisory employees with- out limit . You touch on that in your statement . Maybe it is necessary . I do not know .
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You are allowed to keep half of that . In our proposal , if your admissions are as much as 6 percent less than they were in the prior year , you are allowed to keep all of that money . So there are incentives on that scale .
You are allowed to keep half of that . In our proposal , if your admissions are as much as 6 percent less than they were in the prior year , you are allowed to keep all of that money . So there are incentives on that scale .
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Even when we are able to devise an adequate classification system for prospective hospital reimbursement , we will be con- tinually refining our data and methodologies . Flexibility should be built into the statute to allow for ...
Even when we are able to devise an adequate classification system for prospective hospital reimbursement , we will be con- tinually refining our data and methodologies . Flexibility should be built into the statute to allow for ...
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... find the attachment of fiscal penalties to tolerance levels unacceptable . Instead , we would prefer to see a nationwide quality control system developed as a management tool which will allow elected officials , program managers and ...
... find the attachment of fiscal penalties to tolerance levels unacceptable . Instead , we would prefer to see a nationwide quality control system developed as a management tool which will allow elected officials , program managers and ...
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This bill would allow hospitals to receive full reimbursement for costs up to 20 percent higher than the average of their peer group . In our view , this is far more permissive than the limit already set by some States .
This bill would allow hospitals to receive full reimbursement for costs up to 20 percent higher than the average of their peer group . In our view , this is far more permissive than the limit already set by some States .
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| Title | 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 ... |
| Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Health |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Jan 2009 |
| Length | 638 pages |
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