04/27/2010
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"If there is no difference in the treatment and there is no difference in what happens, then why do we need time constraints at all?"
"I mean, do we have to wait for the next RAC contract to be finalized before we would implement those suggestions?"
"I think if we went to no contingency and just a flat fee, you take away the incentive for them to ferret out people who are abusing the system."
"As Senator McCaskill said, it can be thousands of dollars because there is no limit on that 20 percent in observation."