Hospital Capital Cost Reimbursement Under Medicare

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capital investments.

Medical economics.

Medicare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1986

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

Notes:

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Other Format:

Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Hospital Capital Cost Reimbursement Under Medicare

Publisher Number:

CRS-1986-EPW-0062

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