Report to Congress
Subtitle: review of the impact of outlier and transfer payment policies upon rural hospitals
By: Otis R. Bowen, M.D., Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
Contributors: Anthony, C. Ross; Guterman, Stuart; Bobula, Joel; United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Secretary; United States. Health Care Financing Administration. Office of Research and Demonstrations; United States. Health Care Financing Administration. Office of Research
Publisher: Department of Health and Human Services
Published: 2002
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.?]
Language: eng
Subjects: Rural hospitals; Prospective payment; Hospital utilization; Length of stay; Medicare; Costs
Other titles: Review of the impact of outlier and transfer payment policies upon rural hospitals.
Notes: "This report was prepared under the general direction of C. Ross Anthony, Ph.D., Associate Administrator for Program Development of the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), in the Office of Research and Demonstrations (ORD) ... The principal investigator for the review of outliers was Stuart Guterman, Economist, Institutional Studies Branch, Division of Reimbursement and Economic Studies, in the Office of Research, ORD. The principal investigator for the review of transfer payments was Joel Bobula, Chief, Payment Exclusions Policy Brance, Division of Hospital Payment Policy, Office of Reimbursement Policy, in HCFA's Bureau of Eligibility, Reimbursement and Coverage"--Acknowledgements.

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"Project specifics: SR number IM-87-039; Project number ORD-IM-87039; Project title: The impact of outlier and transfer payments on rural hospitals; Project Officer: Stuart Guterman; Start date: 1/2/1987; End date: 9/1/1987"--Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services R & D projects database PDF tracking form.

Photocopy. [Baltimore, Maryland?] : Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, [2002]. 28 cm.