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Shorter stays for patients, a voluntary effort program, and incentives for employee cost-cutting suggestions are all part of Culpeper Memorial Hospital’s attempt to keep down the cost of being hospitalized. The hospital has experienced some very real success in its cost-control vigilance. For the third straight fiscal year, CMH has more than met national goals in restraining the growth rate of expenses.
The American Hospital Association, through its voluntary effort program,
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