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CMS Paid Medicare Drug Costs for Deceased Patients, Audit Reveals
The federal government paid $3.61 million to reimburse private drug plans the cost of prescriptions for Medicare patients who had died a month or more earlier, according to an audit by the U.S. Office of Inspector General.