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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... wage - base data for most localities . " I agree with you that this is an important variable in comparing hospitals . Are you aware that during the drafting of this section we were ad- vised by the Office of Research and Statistics of ...
... wage - base data for most localities . " I agree with you that this is an important variable in comparing hospitals . Are you aware that during the drafting of this section we were ad- vised by the Office of Research and Statistics of ...
Page 99
... wage rates , about a whole host of other things , to do that . If you are interested in getting after that hospital as well , we are delighted to agree with any legislative proposal that you have to knock that hospital down , but the ...
... wage rates , about a whole host of other things , to do that . If you are interested in getting after that hospital as well , we are delighted to agree with any legislative proposal that you have to knock that hospital down , but the ...
Page 101
... wage increases to nonsupervisory employees with- out limit . You touch on that in your statement . Maybe it is necessary . I do not know . You explain that it is because some are in the lower pay category . Has that been studied and ...
... wage increases to nonsupervisory employees with- out limit . You touch on that in your statement . Maybe it is necessary . I do not know . You explain that it is because some are in the lower pay category . Has that been studied and ...
Page 107
... wage area rates , or some simple but fair sys- tem of determining what bed mixes there are in particular hospitals , or some fair way of figuring out what are teaching hospitals . There are between 1,100 and 2,000 teaching hospitals in ...
... wage area rates , or some simple but fair sys- tem of determining what bed mixes there are in particular hospitals , or some fair way of figuring out what are teaching hospitals . There are between 1,100 and 2,000 teaching hospitals in ...
Page 111
... wage base data as an important variable , we simply do not have such data at present for most localities in the United States . A sound classification system should take into account not just bed size and types of hospitals ( as ...
... wage base data as an important variable , we simply do not have such data at present for most localities in the United States . A sound classification system should take into account not just bed size and types of hospitals ( as ...
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