What did the Wall Street Journal reveal about Medicare data?
The Wall Street Journal forced the government to publicly release important Medicare data that had been kept secret for decades. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. MEDICARE unMAskED u THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. u Taxpayers Face Big Tab for Unusual Doctor Billings By John Carreyrou, Christopher S. Stewart and Rob Barry June 10, 2014
Did Medicare unmask the Wall Street Journal’s cardiologist?
MEDICARE UNMASKED THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. Ronald S. Weaver isn’t a cardiologist. Yet 98% of the $2.3 million that the Los Angeles doctor’s practice received from Medicare in 2012 was for a cardiac procedure, according to recently released government data. The procedure is rarely used by the nation’s heart doc- tors.
How much did Los Angeles doctors receive from Medicare in 2012?
Yet 98% of the $2.3 million that the Los Angeles doctor’s practice received from Medicare in 2012 was for a cardiac procedure, according to recently released government data. The procedure is rarely used by the nation’s heart doc- tors.
How much did Medicare pay in 2012?
More than 2,300 providers earned $500,000 or more from Medicare in 2012 from a single procedure or service, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of Medicare physician-payment data made public for the first time in April.
How much did Evangelos Geraniotis get paid?
Among the doctors whose billings stand out is Evangelos G. Geraniotis, a urologist in Hyannis, Mass. Dr. Geraniotis received $2.1 million from Medicare in 2012, the most of any member of his specialty. Nearly $1 million of that sum came from a procedure not considered routine in a urological practice.