Hospital Capital Cost Reimbursement Under the Medicare Program.
Reviews current policy regarding payments to hospitals for capital-related costs under the Medicare program. Explains nature of capital-related costs and historical trends in methods of financing hospital capital expenditures, and reviews current Medicare payment policy for capital-related costs. Su...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Reviews current policy regarding payments to hospitals for capital-related costs under the Medicare program. Explains nature of capital-related costs and historical trends in methods of financing hospital capital expenditures, and reviews current Medicare payment policy for capital-related costs. Summarizes major reasons for interest in changing current policy, key issues related to the design of an alternative policy, and recent legislative and regulatory proposals to include payments for capital-related costs in Medicare prospective payment system. |
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| Item Description: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |