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Advising the Congress on Medicare issues
MedPAC > Recommendations > Hospital inpatient and outpatient services (1)

Hospital inpatient and outpatient services (1)

March 1, 2005

The Congress should increase payment rates for the inpatient prospective payment system by the projected increase in the hospital market basket index less 0.4 percent for fiscal year 2006.

Appeared in: March 2005 - Chapter 2A

Topics: Hospital.