More widespread medical billing fraud

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More widespread medical billing fraud

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Margaret Faux is thankfully at it again, exposing ongoing widespread medical billing fraud. Not that the government took any action from previous widespread examples she has exposed..
Four Corners has obtained the private health insurance billing records of more than 23,000 patients who underwent spinal surgery in Australia between November 2017 and May 2023.

Across the full data set, the analysis found:

77 per cent were billed for more complex services than provided
10 per cent were billed for longer services than provided; and
7 per cent were billed for spinal fusions for chronic lower back pain without a diagnosis, in breach of a Medicare rule
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-08/ ... /103675900
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