The Medicare capital payment question
Rice, E.B.
Trustee the Journal for Hospital Governing Boards 39(6): 17-8 30
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-3674 PMID: 10300848 Document Number: 278039
At this writing, the new Medicare capital payment policy has not been set but the Reagan Administration and Congress clearly are committed to ending the current system, under which Medicare pays its share of capital costs without limits. This article summarizes the current debate, the proposals under discussion, and the possible courses of action.