Military Health Care Delivery Including CHAMPUS and Inquiry of U.S. Naval Hospital, Oak Knoll, Calif., with Appendix: Hearings Before the Military Personnel Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth and Ninety-sixth Congresses, Hearings Held May 17, 18, 24, 25, June 2, 29, October 12, 13, 26, 1977, June 5, and November 18, 1980, Volume 5 |
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... claimed for one family member . If benefits are being claimed for two or more family members , then the deductible is the first $ 100 . There- after when the annual deductible has been met , for the rest of the fiscal year the active ...
... claimed for one family member . If benefits are being claimed for two or more family members , then the deductible is the first $ 100 . There- after when the annual deductible has been met , for the rest of the fiscal year the active ...
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... claims . Nonetheless , beneficiaries , especially retirees , were sometimes dismayed at their rising health costs . CHAMPUS uses a medicare approach to paying bills , derived from a profile of what most pro- viders have charged in the ...
... claims . Nonetheless , beneficiaries , especially retirees , were sometimes dismayed at their rising health costs . CHAMPUS uses a medicare approach to paying bills , derived from a profile of what most pro- viders have charged in the ...
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... claims processor , from which we are just now recovering . Despite that setback , we believe in competitive bidding on contracts because it lessens program overhead , it gets the attention of the contractors and encourages better ...
... claims processor , from which we are just now recovering . Despite that setback , we believe in competitive bidding on contracts because it lessens program overhead , it gets the attention of the contractors and encourages better ...
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... claims . We recognized that financial resources in the future would probably be even more carefully shepherded than they have been in recent years . We faced the fact that we could not meet every beneficiary's perceived medical or ...
... claims . We recognized that financial resources in the future would probably be even more carefully shepherded than they have been in recent years . We faced the fact that we could not meet every beneficiary's perceived medical or ...
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... claims volume to allow contractors to use various time saving and money saving electronic systems in claims processing . These efforts have not been without attendant problems . Our first major experience with a competitively bid ...
... claims volume to allow contractors to use various time saving and money saving electronic systems in claims processing . These efforts have not been without attendant problems . Our first major experience with a competitively bid ...
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Page 452 - ... subject to the availability of space and facilities, and the capabilities of the professional staff.
Page 678 - Code, is amended by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: "(d) Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy...
Page 682 - EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1946, AS AMENDED, WITH RELATED LAWS (60 Stat. 23) [PUBLIC LAW 304— 79TH CONGRESS] AN ACT To declare a national policy on employment, production, and purchasing power, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SHORT TITLE SECTION 1 . This Act may be cited as the "Employment Act of 1946".
Page 125 - DOD, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Office of Management and Budget...
Page 451 - USC 1074 (a) provides that under joint regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, a member of...
Page 673 - Welfare, a member or former member of a uniformed service who is entitled to retired or retainer pay, or equivalent pay may, upon request, be given medical and dental care in any facility of any uniformed service, subject to the availability of space and facilities and the capabilities of the medical and dental staff.
Page 677 - Any such person against whom such civil action or proceeding is brought shall deliver within such time after date of service or knowledge of service as determined by the Attorney General, all process served upon him or an attested true copy thereof to...
Page 451 - A BILL To amend title 10 of the United States Code, to provide for an exclusive remedy against the United States In suits based upon medical malpractice on the part of active duty military medical personnel, and for other purposes...
Page 685 - (a) In addition to any other basic pay, special pay, incentive pay, or allowances to which he is entitled, each...
Page 603 - To amend chapter 55 of title 10. united States Code, to authorize an improved health benefits program for retired members and members of the uniformed services and their dependents, aud for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress...