Medicare: FY 1997 Budget and Reconcilliation Bills. Letter to Finance, Ways and Means Committees, and Budget Committees, House of U.S. Representatives.

Nelson, Alan R, MD, MACP. Doherty, Robert.

Insurance Coverage;Insurance, Health, Reimbursement;Medicare;Rate Setting and Review;Resource-based Relative Value Scale;Laboratories;United States Health Care Financing Administration

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