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 87
... concern that our exceptions are excessively generous . We believe that we have restricted exceptions to only those condi- tions genuinely meriting some flexibility . There are only two basic grounds for exceptions - major changes in ...
... concern that our exceptions are excessively generous . We believe that we have restricted exceptions to only those condi- tions genuinely meriting some flexibility . There are only two basic grounds for exceptions - major changes in ...
Page 88
... concern about starting with a transitional cost containment program and then moving to a longer term system . As noted , we feel strongly that the problem of rising costs is of such disastrous proportions that we simply cannot wait for ...
... concern about starting with a transitional cost containment program and then moving to a longer term system . As noted , we feel strongly that the problem of rising costs is of such disastrous proportions that we simply cannot wait for ...
Page 90
... concern . I share the concern of every committee in the Congress that looks at HEW that this Department needs to be better managed . I have devoted a substantial amount of time to relatively obscure management questions . For example ...
... concern . I share the concern of every committee in the Congress that looks at HEW that this Department needs to be better managed . I have devoted a substantial amount of time to relatively obscure management questions . For example ...
Page 91
... concern . One is a provision in the bill not directed at the reimburse- ment area , the provision for the secrecy of the payments made to doctors which would prohibit the Secretary of HEW from making available to the public and the ...
... concern . One is a provision in the bill not directed at the reimburse- ment area , the provision for the secrecy of the payments made to doctors which would prohibit the Secretary of HEW from making available to the public and the ...
Page 99
... concern that we have on the other side with respect to the prospective reimbursement system is it does not do anything to stop the hospitals from continuing going up in their mean averages by 15 percent a year . So neither bill is a ...
... concern that we have on the other side with respect to the prospective reimbursement system is it does not do anything to stop the hospitals from continuing going up in their mean averages by 15 percent a year . So neither bill is a ...
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