1.   At the news conference, Ignagni vowed to press Congress for higher payment formulas.

2.   Congress has to fix the payment formula, he said.

3.   Ignagni said this drug funding would not allow any boosts in the overall payment formula.

4.   It also will change a payment formula so that counties pay only for the services they use.

5.   Rye Brook pushed for a payment formula based on both assessed valuation and population.

6.   That money will more gradually ease in a new payment formula that is expected to cost them money.

7.   The bill would try to improve the efficiency of Medicare by replacing complex government payment formulas with a competitive pricing system.

8.   While the payment formula gives health plans new opportunities for growth in rural areas, they also face additional competition under the legislation.

9.   Kuntoro proposed a payment formula under which PLN could pay its debt to the gas producers and IPPs in installments but he did not elaborate.

10.   The project, however, hit a snag over a payment formula because of economic turmoil following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the officials said.