He came to consider a company "honest" if its payment rate was above 90 percent.

In 2003, payment rates were scheduled to be reduced by 4.4%.

In 2004 and 2005, payment rates were again scheduled to be reduced.

The Medicare rule said a lower group payment rate should have been used.

But the payment rate is substantially below average, which gives us cause for concern.

Moreover, he said, 21 states cut payment rates for one or more groups of health care providers.

The following statutory payment rates have been announced for 2011-12.

He knows a good deal about the payment rate, too.

Entering the summer of 2001, the overall payment rate had slipped to about 87 percent.

Weather, for instance, has a major effect on the payment rate.