Hospital capital expenses
Subtitle: a Medicare payment strategy for the future : report to Congress
By: prepared by: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services
Publisher: Department of Health and Human Services
Published: 1986
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
Subjects: Hospitals; Capital investments; Prospective payment; Cost of operation; Accounting; Medicare; Claims administration; Costs
Other titles: Report to Congress.; Medicare payment strategy for the future.; Report to Congress, hospital capital expenses.
Description: Report discusses options for incorporating capital-related costs into Medicare's hospital prospective payment system.
Notes: "March 1986."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Executive summary; title: Preface; title: I. Hospital capital investment trends; title: II. Medicare capital reimbursement : current practices and problems; title: III. The role of other federal policies; title: IV. What we can learn from other capital payment approaches; title: V. Medicare capital payment options; title: VI. Recommendation; title: Appendices. A. Hospital investment simulation model ; B. Annual calculation (example).