Reuters is reporting that health authorities are directing Medicare prescription drug plans to withhold payments for popular painkillers when they suspect patient abuse, part of a wider effort to combat fraud. The Department of Health and Human Services noted evidence of “doctor shopping,” when patients approach several doctors to get multiple prescriptions of addictive painkillers…
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