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Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

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Published on Thu Aug 01, 2013

Discrimination Costs Doc Federal Funding The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) lodged a complaint that a California surgeon’s refusal to perform much needed back surgery could be construed as intentional discrimination against an HIV-positive patient. It has led the OCR director Leon Rodriguez to announce the termination of Medicaid funding to the doctor, according to a July 18 HHS [...]
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