And they will get the extra reimbursement, too.
Medicare administrators, for instance, declared Amgen's new anemia drug, Aranesp, to be "functionally equivalent" to the older drug Procrit and therefore not eligible for extra reimbursement.
Millstone will be allowed to appeal for extra reimbursement for not emitting carbon dioxide and providing fuel diversity — essentially leveling the playing field with renewables.
Lawyers at the firm were able to earn pension credits, while the board was able to receive extra reimbursement from the State Education Department by classifying the lawyers as "labor relations specialists" serving on staff.
The da Vinci and the CyberKnife, a precision radiation robot from Accuray to treat tumors, are featured in hospital ads to attract patients, but it is hard for hospitals to get extra reimbursement from insurers for using them.
However, to the best of our knowledge, this (extra) reimbursement is not common in many other countries.
After correction for different DES use (extra reimbursement) the cost delta between 2002 and 2008 was matching the result of the relative weight model.
For ICU patients, extra reimbursement is calculated per ICU day, which is increasing from category 1 to category 3 units by a factor of roughly times 1.5.
The House passed its version of the "tax extenders" bill to preserve the unemployment benefits -- along with money to help states administer Medicaid programs and extra reimbursement for doctors who see Medicare patients, among other things -- on May 28, after the Senate had already skipped town.
The extra reimbursement for the GP reflected the "pay per service" or "quality-based reimbursement principle", which seemed promising in some studies, but not in others [ 38].
