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To a Thief, Your Medicare Card Is Better Than a Credit Card

89.3 WRKF Baton Rouge
Published June 23, 2013 at 8:00 AM CDT

In May, The Advocate reported officials had indicted healthcare practitioners in Baton Rouge and New Orleans for fraudulent Medicare billings totaling at least $80 million. Julie Agan, Senior Medicare Patrol Officer for EQ Health, says the fraud could get worse, but there are ways to guard against it.