A just released audit from the California State Auditor reveals that had last years reforms been in effect in 2002, they would have produced savings in the form of lower payments for outpatient surgical facilities (surgical centers) and pharmaceuticals. Auditors based their analysis on medical claims payment data from State Fund.According to the report, under the new reforms State Fund would have saved $18 million (24 percent) out of the $76 million it made in pharmaceutical payments i
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