It often means a double bill because the second doctor submits a separate bill.

The county will also forward to the District Attorney's office any evidence that doctors may have submitted false documentation of supposed injuries.

And, he said, physicians often refer patients back and forth so that several doctors can submit bills.

This isn't to say that doctors and hospitals shouldn't submit to intense scrutiny of how they do things.

Then either you or your doctor can submit the request to the Medicare drug plan.

Most medical records are still kept on paper, but a growing number of health plans require doctors to submit claims electronically.

Over the course of 10 years, law enforcement officials say, the doctor submitted hundreds of false bills amounting to roughly $4 million.

When the company investigated, it found that the doctors named had never submitted the bills.

Every time a doctor submitted a bill for seeing a patient, the province used to hold back 10 percent to cover administrative costs.

Then, when the patient has paid, the doctor submits the information to the Medicare provider, and the patient is reimbursed.