Physician-owned Specialty Hospitals: Hearing Before the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session, March 8, 2005, 4. sējumsU.S. Government Printing Office, 2006 - 138 lappuses |
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108. lappuse - December 8, 2003, as part of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA).
117. lappuse - ... develop a program for the construction of such public and other nonprofit hospitals as will, in conjunction with existing facilities, afford the necessary physical facilities for furnishing adequate hospital, clinic and similar services to all the people of the state.
1. lappuse - Subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 1:08 pm, in room 1100, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Nancy L. Johnson (Chairman of the Subcommittee) presiding. [The advisory announcing the hearing follows...
16. lappuse - ... services. The Secretary's forthcoming report on specialty hospitals should provide important information on quality. Further information on physician-owned specialty hospitals' performance is needed before actions are taken that would, in effect, entirely shut them out of the Medicare and Medicaid market. In addition, the Congress will need time during the upcoming legislative cycle to consider our recommendations and craft legislation, and the Secretary will need time to change the payment system....
39. lappuse - ... THE UNINSURED While hospital management and medical personnel certainly can't solve the root causes for the vast numbers of uninsured individuals, every day our people are on the front lines in the struggle to care for this population's health and well-being. The Committee is undoubtedly aware that hospitals equipped with emergency rooms must provide medical evaluation and required treatment to everyone, regardless of their ability to pay. This burden has grown even heavier in recent years, with...
87. lappuse - Radiology services, including magnetic resonance imaging, computerized axial tomography scans, and ultrasound services. • Radiation therapy services and supplies. • Durable medical equipment and supplies. • Parenteral and enteral nutrients, equipment, and supplies. • Prosthetics, orthotics, and prosthetic devices and supplies. • Home health services. • Outpatient prescription drugs. • Inpatient and outpatient hospital services. This proposed rule would incorporate this definition of...
46. lappuse - Physicians may invest in and refer to an outside facility, whether or not they provide direct care or services at the facility, if there is a demonstrated need in the community for the facility and alternative financing is not available.
48. lappuse - DRG relative weights on the estimated cost of providing care rather than on charges, and basing the weights on the national average of hospitals