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Study of Medicare, pharmacies points to ‘extreme billers’

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A pharmacy in Kansas billed Medicare for more than 1,000 prescriptions each for two patients in a single year, part of a pattern of questionable billings at 2,600 drugstores nationwide uncovered by federal investigators in a report Thursday.

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  • Headline: Study of Medicare, pharmacies points to ‘extreme billers’
  • Publication: Front Section, Pages 9 on 05/11/2012
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