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Medicare Advantage keeps growing. Tiny, rural hospitals say that’s a huge problem
By: Sarah Jane Tribble | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Jason Bleak runs Battle Mountain General Hospital, a small facility in a remote Nevada gold-mining town that he describes as “out here in the middle of nowhere.”… Read More

How Medicare Advantage plans dodged auditors and overcharged taxpayers by millions
By: Fred Schulte | Holly K. Hacker | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — In April 2016, government auditors asked a Blue Cross Medicare Advantage health plan in Minnesota to turn over medical records of patients treated by a podiatry… Read More

Hidden audits reveal millions in overcharges by Medicare Advantage plans
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Newly released federal audits reveal widespread overcharges and other errors in payments to Medicare Advantage health plans, with some plans overbilling the government more than $1,000… Read More