11.   Medicare also reimburses hospitals for capital costs such as depreciation, interest on long-term debt and lease expenses.

12.   Medicare reimburses hospitals in several ways.

13.   Medicare reimburses hospitals for certain costs, and uses the cost reports in calculating certain payment rates.

14.   Provided the parent has acted in good faith, the HMO should reimburse the hospital, says Horowitz of Harvard Pilgrim.

15.   That way, the government does not reimburse a hospital for administrative costs related to activities with expenses that are not compensated under the federal rules.

16.   That is the way Medicare reimburses hospitals, forcing them to find cost-effective ways to treat patients with a flat sum of money.

17.   The federal agency reimburses the hospital for the costs of treating Medicare and Medicaid patients.

18.   The military hopes Congress will allow its hospitals to be reimbursed for care given Medicare recipients, a practice currently illegal.

19.   The provision would have reimbursed for-profit hospitals for the property taxes they pay.

20.   The report suggests that the state fund that reimburses hospitals for serving the uninsured ought to be extended to outpatient clinics.