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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Page 73
... average costs of hos- pitals as they are recalculated each year . This would occur as the high - cost institutions - those hospitals close to or above the penalty levels - moderated their costs thereby favor- ably affecting the average ...
... average costs of hos- pitals as they are recalculated each year . This would occur as the high - cost institutions - those hospitals close to or above the penalty levels - moderated their costs thereby favor- ably affecting the average ...
Page 82
... average costs for types of hospitals . Thus , if all hospitals increase their costs substan- tially from one year to the next , this provision would permit reim- bursement to rise accordingly . The skyrocketing , 15 - percent - a - year ...
... average costs for types of hospitals . Thus , if all hospitals increase their costs substan- tially from one year to the next , this provision would permit reim- bursement to rise accordingly . The skyrocketing , 15 - percent - a - year ...
Page 83
... average routine operating costs for the cell and adjusted for price increase . ( b ) A hospital which has actual routine operating costs greater than or equal to this rate would receive its actual costs , subject to a maximum of 120 ...
... average routine operating costs for the cell and adjusted for price increase . ( b ) A hospital which has actual routine operating costs greater than or equal to this rate would receive its actual costs , subject to a maximum of 120 ...
Page 84
... average 20-30 percent , based on the hospital expense categories that could be reduced or eliminated . The net result is a potential level of savings of about 0.5 percent , under full implementa- tation and full participation by the ...
... average 20-30 percent , based on the hospital expense categories that could be reduced or eliminated . The net result is a potential level of savings of about 0.5 percent , under full implementa- tation and full participation by the ...
Page 87
... average wages today still are 15 percent below the wage for the average wage for nonagricultural workers in our economy . You also expressed some reservations about our program's differen- tial impact on efficient and inefficient ...
... average wages today still are 15 percent below the wage for the average wage for nonagricultural workers in our economy . You also expressed some reservations about our program's differen- tial impact on efficient and inefficient ...
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