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| Medicare list of hospital charges for 100 procedures shows wide variation Boston.com US hospitals charge Medicare widely varying amounts for the same medical procedure, even when those hospitals are in the same city or right across the street from each other, according to data released Wednesday by the federal government. The data are ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare fraud allegations: National nursing home chain accused of billing for ... CBS News But on her way out, she took some patient notes with her. She says they show how Life Care would not let patients leave, so the company could continue to bill Medicare. On Dec. 30, 2011, for example, they indicate that Toomey tried to discharge four ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Medicare charges vary widely at California hospitals, new data show Los Angeles Times Medicare data show that Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles charged, on average, $110,123 for those cases. Keck Hospital of USC billed an average of $123,885 and Prime Healthcare's Centinela Hospital Medical Center in Inglewood averaged ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare's New Payment System for Molecular Tests Dictates New ... Wall Street Journal Effective January 1, 2013, clinical laboratories are now billing for more than 100 molecular pathology tests using new CPT codes, and payment rates are being established by Medicare contractors who, in many cases, have limited experience with molecular ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare needs overhaul, not just tinkering, to stay viable Orlando Sentinel As the primary health insurance program for adults ages 65 and over and non-elderly people with permanent disabilities, Medicare is important to many Americans. More than 3.2 million Floridians are covered under the program. However, unfavorable ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare fraud allegations: National nursing home chain accused of providing ... CBS News She says they show how Life Care would not let patients leave, so the company could continue to bill Medicare. On December 30, 2011, for example, they indicate that Toomey tried to discharge four patients. All four of those requests were denied. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare spills beans on hospital billing MarketWatch (blog) The force driving these shoot-the-moon bills is a complicated pricing tug-of-war among hospitals, which are trying to cover their staffing and overhead costs and also build in a profit margin; Medicare, which aims to pay only slightly more than cost ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Feds sue Gaetz's former company for Medicare fraud, including period he was ... MiamiHerald.com (blog) The U.S. Department of Justice has filed suit against the hospice company founded by Florida Senate President Don Gaetz, accusing the company of engaging in Medicare fraud for more than 11 years, including during the time Gaetz was vice chairman of the ... See all stories on this topic » |
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