Medicare Scams

One doctor alone is accused of causing nearly $23 million in fraud losses, including "over 1,000 expensive power wheelchairs ... that were not medically necessary and often not provided."

Federal authorities are investigating claims that some Medicare Advantage health plans have overcharged the government for years by claiming that patients are sicker than they are.

http://media.soundmedicine.org/segments/120708_full.mp3Topics for this week include: Medicare Scams Alert; Update on Gulf War Illness; Did You Know?: A…