05/24/2011
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"I would rather it be at $2,000 but $4,000 is a lot better than $4 million."
"I am not sure, by why is HHS classifying these expenses as administrative when they are expended specifically to improve the quality of a network that a patient can access?"
"According to data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in 2011, Medicare spending accounted for 21 percent of total national health expenditures."
"CMS estimates that out of that $555 billion, $44 billion--nearly 8 percent--were improper payments."