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Proposal Suggests Formation of A New Agency To Set Medicare Pay Rates

07/17/2009
By Sophie Callahan

The White House has recently been circulating draft legislation that would create an executive agency for the purpose of overseeing Medicare reimbursement rates and policy changes. Under the proposal, there would be a paid five-member Independent Medicare Advisory Council whose members would serve five-year terms. They would be nominated by the president and subject...
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$100 Million of Medicare Fraud Found in Miami

06/24/2009
By Sophie Callahan

Eight defendants were recently charged in an elaborate scam that involved billing Medicare for fake HIV and cancer infusion drugs. The fraud spanned the five states of Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Louisiana and used 29 fake storefronts in order to attempt to steal $100 million from Medicare and Medicare Advantage. Two...
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