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To: haqihana who wrote (20083)	6/3/2000 9:29:00 PM
From: chalu2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Thank you for displaying the ability to provide information relevant to my post. Not all posters here have that ability. :-) I have also had some experience with Medicare, and it is scandalous what some billers get away with. A common practice is called "upcoding", a process by which treatments and services are exaggerated. I don't know all the details of your mother's situation, but some unscrupulous ambulette companies never merely transport a patient, they always also (allegedly) "administer oxygen, stabilize pulse and blood pressure, administer IV fluids", etc.--you get the picture; a simple ride gets portrayed as a major medical procedure. So, yes, the next administration should take a serious look at Medicare overbilling,. as well as continuing overbilling in the areas of government works and military procurement.