June 20, 2014 by MassDevice
As news organizations analyze data on Medicare payments, doctors with disciplinary records keep popping up(James Mutter/Flickr)
by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica
Over the past couple months, media organizations including ProPublica have been busy dissecting data released by Medicare on payments made to health professionals in 2012.
We’ve uncovered unusual billing patterns:Doctors who only bill for the most complicated and high-priced office visits, and ambulance companies in New Jersey who ferry patients to and from dialysis appointments dozens of times a year.
