Monterey, CA Medicare Given More Muscle With Doctors That Are Overbilling

The Obama Administration has strengthened the authority of Medicare in order to give them the ability to kick doctors and other medical providers out of the system for abusive billing practices.  This should have happened sooner.  The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimated that for the fiscal year ending September 30, Medicare issued $45.8 billion in improper payments, about 13% of total spending.  That’s a ridiculous amount of money to go out the door improperly.  The new rules will allow Medicare to immediately revoke the billing privileges of any doctor, medical-equipment supplier or other health-service provider which demonstrates a pattern of billing inappropriately.