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Report Raises Concerns About Medicare Lab Billing
Medicare allowed $1.7 billion in payments to laboratories in 2010 for claims that raised red flags, according to a report by the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General. Meanwhile, home health care and hospice provider Amedisys says the SEC's probe of the company's participation in Medicare led to no enforcement actions.
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