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.
This is a guide to distinguish the state threatened western gray squirrel from other native tree squirrels (Douglas', red, and flying) and from three non-native species (eastern gray, eastern fox, and California ground squirrels) with which they can be readily confused.he western gray squirrel's large size, bushy tail, and gray pelage lacking any brown on the body or tail are keys to distinguishing it from other tree squirrels in Washington.