Inappropriate Billing by the Veterans Administration for Electron Microscopy Services to Non-Veterans

HRD-77-148 Published: Sep 16, 1977. Publicly Released: Sep 16, 1977.

Highlights

Three Veterans Administration (VA) hospitals in Florida were evaluated to determine how much of the electron microscopy services were performed on non-veteran patient specimens in calendar year 1976 and whether fees were collected for the services.

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