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Confidentiality Cloaks Medicare Abuse

Posted on December 24, 2010

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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Medicare is failing to fully exploit its vast database of billing claims to root out abuse. Even when Medicare identified physicians who raised red flags, it kept paying them. Dr. Christopher Wayne, Florida’s “Rock Doc” (pictured), received more than $1.2 million from Medicare in 2008.
– Complete Coverage: Secrets of the System – Factiva Search: Therapists’ Challenges

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