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Laurence Wilson, director of the chronic care policy group at CMS, believes Medicare is overpaying substantially for wheelchairs, a problem he blames on medical supply companies and their powerful lobbies, according to a WRAL report.
A Johns Hopkins study of more than 7,500 pediatric bone implants over 15 years found hip and thigh implants can raise bone fracture risk in children, according to a PhysOrg report.
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