The US Health and Human Services Department's Inspector General says that covering procedures to replace or repair damage caused by seven recalled or "prematurely failed" cardiac devices cost the Medicare program $1.5bn between 2004-2014, due to lack of information on claim forms about the devices' identity.
"The lack of information on the claim forms prevents the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) from being able...
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