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Medicare Advantage Plans: Rarely Penalized For Overcharging : Shots – Health News : NPR

10 May
Tom Brewer

Privately run Medicare Advantage plans have overcharged the federal government by billions of dollars, yet Medicare hasn’t been effective in recouping the excessive payments, an audit found.

Source: Medicare Advantage Plans: Rarely Penalized For Overcharging : Shots – Health News : NPR

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