The number of physicians who billed more than $3 million annually rose about 78 percent from 2008 to 2011, while total Medicare payments to physicians rose 14 percent during the same period.
In 2009, 303 providers billed more than $3 million under Medicare Part B and only 104 were tagged for review by Medicare.
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