In any other field all of these billing scams would be a federal crimes.
Congress could solve this issue overnight by passing a 1 line law:
If a patient is using services that is not covered by their insurance, or if they have no insurance, no medical service provider can change more than the official medicare standard rate for any services rendered.
Congress could solve this issue overnight by passing a 1 line law:
If a patient is using services that is not covered by their insurance, or if they have no insurance, no medical service provider can change more than the official medicare standard rate for any services rendered.
Problem solved.