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Medicare bilked in dubious lab billings
Medicare remains a rich target for unscrupulous medical providers, according to evidence in a report released this week by the inspector general of the Department of Health & Human Services. The report focused on lab billing under Medicare Part B and found that Medicare allowed $1.7 billion in 2010 payments to clinical laboratories for claims that raised red flags, Janet Adamy reports in the Wall Street Journal…Read More
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