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Why is the Government Targeting the Most Charitable Physician Specialty?

Posted on May 16, 2012 by FickleFinger

I don’t get it. I do not understand why the US government has decided to paint a target on the backs of physicians who, according to the AMA, provide more charity care than any other specialty, in a program that uses so-called hired gun auditors to recoup over-payments in Medicare’s fraud and abuse prevention strategy. These are physicians who give away, on average, more than $140,000 a year in unreimbursed services to the poor and … Continue reading →