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 154
... patients are a serious problem to hospitals because of the increasing stringency of state programs and because of the decline in the ability of local governments to finance the care of their medically needy patients . This problem is ...
... patients are a serious problem to hospitals because of the increasing stringency of state programs and because of the decline in the ability of local governments to finance the care of their medically needy patients . This problem is ...
Page 158
... patients treated , not from the presence of an educational relationship with the medical school . Therefore , the AAMC strongly recommends modifying or deleting the ... patients and referral of such patients from other hospitals 158.
... patients treated , not from the presence of an educational relationship with the medical school . Therefore , the AAMC strongly recommends modifying or deleting the ... patients and referral of such patients from other hospitals 158.
Page 174
... patients ( see Table 2 on page 7 ) . This share was even below the ROES earned in low risk regulated industries such as electric utilities . Thus , non - Medi- care patients subsidized the use of hospital services by Medicare patients ...
... patients ( see Table 2 on page 7 ) . This share was even below the ROES earned in low risk regulated industries such as electric utilities . Thus , non - Medi- care patients subsidized the use of hospital services by Medicare patients ...
Page 182
... patients as well as long range cost containment for the Medicare program . The concept of a predetermined rate for ... patients , in order to make the overall return acceptable . This is , in effect , an indirect subsidy to the federal ...
... patients as well as long range cost containment for the Medicare program . The concept of a predetermined rate for ... patients , in order to make the overall return acceptable . This is , in effect , an indirect subsidy to the federal ...
Page 194
... patients to consider the cost as well as the benefit of any particular health service ; increased control by health care institutions of the source of their " business " ; increased competition among health care institutions to serve ...
... patients to consider the cost as well as the benefit of any particular health service ; increased control by health care institutions of the source of their " business " ; increased competition among health care institutions to serve ...
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