Health care cost control in Maryland through DRG and HRPC
The article examines rising hospital costs and reforms in Maryland since 1971. It covers HSCRC origins, DRG payment shifts for Medicare, utilization review, and incentives for cheaper care, along with HRPC, regional planning, and a 1984 task force offering 36 recommendations for cost containment. It notes insurer programs to steer patients to lower charge facilities.
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Health Services Cost Review Commission
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Feinblatt
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Maryland General Assembly
Burger urges creation of national court
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger urged Congress to form an intercircuit panel to handle rising caseloads sent to the Supreme Court. He cited docket growth from 1,463 in 1953 to 5,100 in the latest term, and noted the 1969-70 term had eight Court decisions versus 15 the prior year.
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Detroit
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National Court
Supreme Court
Warren E. Burger
Burger
American Bar Association
Earl) Warren
Weather outlook turns cloudy and cooler with light snow flurries
A brief forecast notes cloudy and colder conditions tonight with a chance of flurries. Temperatures rise Tuesday with highs around 38 to 44 and sunny skies expected to continue into Wednesday. See weather map for details. Churchill quote ends.
Westmoreland Drops $120 Million Libel Suit Against CBS
Retired Gen William C Westmoreland abandoned his libel suit over CBSs documentary The Uncounted Enemy A Vietnam Deception. The sides signed a one paragraph agreement to dismiss the case with CBS avoiding apology or payment of costs. Westmoreland 70 filed the suit in 1982 alleging suppression of intelligence data regarding enemy troop strength.
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New York
William C. Westmoreland
CBS
Vietnam
Westmoreland
Non-profit groups rally to oppose gambling bill
Fire and rescue crews fraternal groups and other nonprofits unite to defeat a bill restricting charity gambling. Critics warn it could end major fundraisers 12 events per two years and ban tip jars and Nevada tickets at bingo. Local officials argue funds support community services and long term welfare.
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Joseph E. Owens County
James E. McClellan
Nevada
McClellan
Lorne Welsh
Frederick County
Firemen from four counties battle Monrovia barn fire
Firefighters from four counties fought a barn blaze on Ed McClain Road near Monrovia. New Market sent the first chief who requested a second alarm as 31 units aided the effort. The barn held about 7000 bales of hay and various feedstock. the fire was under investigation by state marshal Ted Meminger.
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Ed McClain
Monrovia
New Market
McClain
Bill Stein
Ted Meminger
Tractor Slips on Ice Kills Unionville Man
Unionville man Joseph Miler Ledford, 45, of 14754 Black Ankle Road, died after a tractor overturned on snow and ice in a wooded area off Black Ankle Road. His son Dwayne, 19, and a relative freed him. he was transported by helicopter to Frederick Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
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Barbara Kast
David
Lake Michigan
Kast
Southgate
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Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Kasti
Unionville
Black Ankle Road
Joseph Miler Ledford
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Maryland
Ledford
Dwayne
Tpr
Tyrone Powers
Libertytown
Fort Detrick
FMH
Larry Romane
Escaped journalist returns home from captivity in Beirut
United States correspondent Jeremy Levin, abducted by terrorists in Beirut, was freed after 11 months of confinement. He described feeling fantastic as he boarded a White House jet at Rhein Main in Frankfurt with his wife Lucille. Levin was handed to Syrian soldiers, then to U.S. officials in Damascus, prior to medical treatment in West Germany.
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Cable New Network
U.S
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William
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