Word: arms
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...congressional study of Medicare abuse says fraudulent billing practices by doctors will cost the cash-strapped program $4 billion over the next five years. The General Accounting Office, Congress' investigative arm, blames much of the problem on obsolete computer technology used in auditing the Medicare claims submitted by doctors. GAO investigators testified before the Senate today that a minority of doctors (8 percent) are responsible for most of the abuse. Still, their creative use of the Medicare billing system has already cost more than $1.24 billion in the last two years. The new evidence of damage done by grifting doctors...
...because Fernald had not put his weight onthe floor of the stacks, the electronic devicecontrolling the movement of the stacks did notregister his presence, and the stack closed onhim, trapping his left arm between the chair andthe shelf, according to Director of HarvardCollege Library Security and Public Safety LouisH. Derby...
Fernald said that he was examined and X-rayedat UHS, and his left arm was put in a cast to beworn for a month...
Fernald decided to tell his senior psychologyseminar how he broke his arm, saying that he feltthey might be curious about his cast...
...said that he gave his class three guesses asto what had happened to his arm. "First," he said,"I fell in the bathroom. Second, I hurt myself inthe library. Third, I hurt myself exercising...