Monday, January 27, 2014

In Medicare Overcharging Crackdown, Government May, For The First Time Disclose How Much Individual Doctors Receive In Payments

Doctors Abusing Medicare Face Fines And Expulsion by Robert Pear.  Thge New York Times.  January 25, 2014.

(1)  Federal officials estimate that __________ of payments in the traditional fee-for-service Medicare program are improper.

(2)  Based upon this estimate it is suggested that there is at least _____________ a year in improper payments under Medicare's physician fee schedule.

(3)  About _______ doctors receive payments of more thant $3 million each in yearly Medicare payments.

(4)  Most of the high-billing doctors specialize in ____________________.

(5)  What concerns do physicians have about releasing payment data?

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