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.
Sexual maturation takes place during the following spring or summer. Mean life expectancy for a gray squirrel at birth is 1-2 years; the average life span of an adult is closer to 6 years. Records for maximum life span are 12 years in the wild and 20 years in captivity. Predators: The typical predators of small to medium-sized mammals prey upon gray squirrels.