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Healthcare/Hospital Law

Apr. 11, 2008

Medicare Cost-Cutting Bid Blocked

In a rare move, a federal judge has blocked a Medicare pilot project in the San Diego area that was intended to cut costs by forcing medical laboratories into a competitive bidding process.

By Evan George
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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      LOS ANGELES - In a rare move, a federal judge has blocked a Medicare pilot project in the San Diego area that was intended to cut costs by forcing medical laboratories into a competitive bidding process. Under the project, labs that provide Medicare beneficiaries with common medical services, like blood work, would no longer be pa...

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