The Obama administration is cracking down on doctors who repeatedly overcharge Medicare patients, and for the first time in more than 30 years the government may disclose how much is paid to individual doctors treating Medicare patients. Marilyn Tavenner, the administrator of the CMS, said that “recalcitrant providers” would face civil fines and could be expelled from Medicare and other federal health programs.
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