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Bills considered under a suspension of the rules require a two-thirds vote to pass.
Apart from acquiring Harris's 300,000 health maintenance organization members, PacifiCare will add Texas Health Resources' hospitals to its provider network under a long-term agreement. Law enforcement has known of the growing trend where sham health care providers enter the system with the intent of defrauding Medicare, but GAO reported Nov. 4 that the trend is now prevalent in the Medicaid and private insurance systems as well. St., N.W., Washington, DC 20037. Inc. Washington, D.C. 20037. Unauthorized access or distribution is prohibited.