Columbia probe widens. Federal raid in 7 states targets lab, home-care records.
Federal agencies bellowed no to hospitals' pleas for leniency on fraud investigations. FBI agents served warrants at current and former Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. facilities in seven states last week regarding Medicare billing for laboratory and home-care services. More search warrants are ahead for the investor-owned giant as the probe continues. And a new report put Medicare losses due to billing errors at $20 billion last year.
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