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Medicare Fudged Fraud Figures: Report

Claims to have cut bogus charges overstated

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 21, 2008 8:50 AM CDT

(Newser) – Medicare's boasts of having reduced fraud by billions are misleading, a draft report obtained by the New York Times finds. Auditors were told to ignore procedures that would have accurately measured fraudulent claims for medical equipment, the draft report says. Proper methods would have... Read full story »

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