In 2023, companies managed Medicare for hundreds of thousands of urinary catheters that doctors had not requested. The following year, doctors collected billions of government due to the price bands that were not sometimes necessary.
Medical care waste has large -scale consequences. Even if patients do not pay the bills themselves, more spending by the government insurance program can increase future insurance premiums.
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