Over 1,000 teaching hospitals receive IME payments. Because teaching hospitals are not paid directly by Medicare for treating managed care patients, an IME payment is calculated by the hospital submitting a shadow (no-pay) claim to Medicare that is used to calculate the IME payment. Teaching hospitals also receive an IME payment associated with Medicare's capital PPS.
The gray squirrel weighs an average 75 and 1.5-pounds. The gray  squirrel is an average of 18-inches long, and half of that is tail.  Nuts are a large part of their diet, alâ¦ong with berries and seeds.
Eastern grey squirrels are important members of the forest ecosystems in which they live. They eat a lot of seeds. Their seed-caching activities may help disperse tree seeds. They may help to distribute truffle fungal spores when they eat truffles. They also prey on other animals in the ecosystem where they live.astern grey squirrels are medium sized tree squirrels. Males and females are similar in size and color. The fur on their back ranges from grizzled dark grey to pale grey and may have red tones. Their ears are pale grey to white.