Lax oversight risks millions of Medicare dollars

By HOPE YEN , Associated Press Writer, Medicine & Health / Health

(AP) -- The government is putting millions of Medicare dollars at risk by authorizing fictitious sellers of wheelchairs, prosthetics and other medical supplies to submit reimbursement claims with only limited review, congressional investigators say.

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