...QI be located in such an area and meet each of three criteria set forth in regulations published by the Health Care Financing Administration (-HCFA-) in the Department of Health and Human Services (-HHS-). First, its case mix must be equal to, or greater than, the lesser of the median case...

...must have at least 275 beds or meet each of three criteria set forth in regulations promulgated by the Health Care Financing Administration ("HCFA") in the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"). First, its case mix must be equal to, or greater than, the lesser of the median case...

...both clinical and economic coherence (Fetter et al. , 1980). The Medicare Prospective Payment System The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) in the Department of Health and Human Services was directed by Congress to propose a plan to reimburse hospitals for Medicare services on...

...administrative structure. At the federal level, the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) administers...state administers the program through its own Medicaid agency--variously situated in departments such as health, welfare, or human services--that is also...

...administrative structure. At the federal level, the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) administers...state administers the program through its own Medicaid agency--variously situated in departments such as health, welfare, or human services--that is also...

...VnmHP&RT.» TO gBMID AND ABDSB As you know, Medicaid is the largest government health program for the poor. The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) in the Department of Health and Human Services (BHS) estimates that 1993 program expenditures for health care services and supplies exceeded...

...administered at the state level; oversight and coordination are provided at the federal level through the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). managed care by requiring beneficiaries to enroll.3 As of June 30, 1995, 36 states...

...administrative processes during the first full year of the law's implementation, we contacted officials from the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). We also visited nine states—California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, New...

...dependents to obtain "'Source Book of Health Insurance Date, 1995, HIAA (Washington, DC: 1996). '"Hii • Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) operates Medicare and Medicaid. Medicaid programs are primarily state administered,...

...payers based on 467 DRGs. Implementation of PPS in New Jersey was phased in between 1980 and 1982. The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) in the Department of Health and Human Services had been supporting research, development, demonstration, and evaluation in cost control since...