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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... on Treasury bills is now 7 percent . They are permitted a profit rate of 10.5 percent . Your legislation would permit them to increase their profit rate by 33 percent to two times the long term rate , permitting them profits of 14 ...
... on Treasury bills is now 7 percent . They are permitted a profit rate of 10.5 percent . Your legislation would permit them to increase their profit rate by 33 percent to two times the long term rate , permitting them profits of 14 ...
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We have limited a 15 - percent return on equity , which we thought was rather reasonable . We think we have the same con- straints on for profit hospitals that we did earlier . If you have any recommendations to perfect it , we will be ...
We have limited a 15 - percent return on equity , which we thought was rather reasonable . We think we have the same con- straints on for profit hospitals that we did earlier . If you have any recommendations to perfect it , we will be ...
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By size , as I said , the smaller hospitals , with fewer than 4,000 admissions , 28.3 percent are below 9 percent . Of the large , those with 4,000 or more admissions , 14.7 percent are below 9 percent . Senator DOLE . Will you yield ?
By size , as I said , the smaller hospitals , with fewer than 4,000 admissions , 28.3 percent are below 9 percent . Of the large , those with 4,000 or more admissions , 14.7 percent are below 9 percent . Senator DOLE . Will you yield ?
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I think that we have to have the 9 - percent cap . If we do not , be- tween now and 1981 , we will spend an additional $ 18.8 billion , cumu- latively , as Senator Kennedy has pointed out . I think it is imperative to have that cap .
I think that we have to have the 9 - percent cap . If we do not , be- tween now and 1981 , we will spend an additional $ 18.8 billion , cumu- latively , as Senator Kennedy has pointed out . I think it is imperative to have that cap .
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I think you indicated they could save up to 20 percent . Secretary CALIFANO . There are two points . Our studies indicate that within a year or so hospitals can be saving about half a billion dollars a year if they were just more ...
I think you indicated they could save up to 20 percent . Secretary CALIFANO . There are two points . Our studies indicate that within a year or so hospitals can be saving about half a billion dollars a year if they were just more ...
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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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