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Charge

The document evidencing mortgage security required by Crown Law (law derived from English law). A Fixed Charge refers to a defined set of assets and is usually registered. A Floating Charge refers to other assets which change from time to time (ie. cash, inventory, etc.), which become a Fixed Charge after a default.

Charge

1. To sell at a certain price. For example, if a grocery store sells coffee beans for $7 per pound, it is said to charge $7 per pound for coffee.

2. Informal; to buy something on credit, especially with a credit card or charge card. That is, one who uses a credit card for transactions is said to charge those transactions.

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While these data are available from the Prevailing Charge file (BMAD-II), this file is not used since HCFA maintains that the data are not reliable.

Physician behavioral response to a Medicare price reduction

Of particular interest is the negative correlation between the size of the prevailing charge reduction and average Medicare caseload.

Monitoring access following Medicare price changes: physician perspective

that contain provider characteristic data, customary charge data, and prevailing charge data.

Physician customary charges and Medicare payment experience: study findings

Thus payments will now be 55 per cent of the prevailing charges for independent labs and 57 per cent of those charges for hospital facilities.

Labs hit with cuts under final budget accord

In the absence of unusual medical complications or circumstances, the reasonable charge is the lowest of (1) the physician's or supplier's actual charge, (2) the physician's or supplier's customary charge for that service, or (3) the prevailing charge for the physicians or suppliers rendering the service in the same locality.

Use and cost of physician and supplier services under Medicare, 1986

Agency officials are attempting to tackle what they see as "grossly excessive" prevailing charges for certain coverpriced" procedures.

HCFA setting its agenda for reforms to seek in 1988

Booth pointed out that HCFA and legislators zeroed in on the 60 per cent prevailing charge level because "that seemed the point at which the Government could, in fact, reach some savings without being draconian.

New era begins as HCFA implements lab fee schedule

The House measure sets the fee schedule at 60 per cent of the prevailing charge for the procedure and requires all clinical labs to bill Medicare directly.

Uniform fee schedule to affect all labs

Reasonable charges have been defined as " charges for services or supplies, which are standard charges for the specific provider and consistent with the prevailing charges in the geographical area for identical or similar services.

KEEPING IT SIMPLE

As per the usage, beneficiaries of this offer (the category of teachers and higher education students) must be subject to the prevailing charges of Hayyak and Mada mobile broadband packages (3.

ITA initiative grants 52,000 laptops

Fee schedule was based on 60-62% of prevailing charges.

Continuing education questions: Spring 2009

Since 1984, Congress established 56 local fee schedules, which were set at 60% of the 1983 prevailing charges in a particular locality.

Committee on Medicare Payment Methodology for Clinical Laboratory Services meets