In today's Wall Street Journal:
The federal government reached a $666 million settlement with 667 hospitals that had sued for back payments stemming from shifts in Medicare reimbursement policies dating back to the 1980s.The deal, resulting from negotiations under way since April 2006, is among the largest government settlements paid to health-care providers
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