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Hospitals Are Just Playing the Medicare Game
Submitted by Chris Middleton on 12.1.2002
Gaming the system has always been part and parcel of the federal Medicare program. At its inception, doctors discovered that by increasing their fees they would receive higher Medicare reimbursements in subsequent years. As lawmakers instituted price controls to thwart such tactics, new ways to game the system have arisen. Consider the case of Tenet Healthcare Corp., a large, for-profit hospital chain.
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