Health care providers who appealed to Medicare judges won more often than patients did,  according to a report by the inspector general at the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services.    

Hospitals, physicians, medical equipment suppliers and other providers also filed 85 percent of the cases decided by the administrative law judges in fiscal year 2010.   Some providers get plenty of practice, with 96 “frequent filers” responsible for one-third of the 40,682 appeals submitted to the judges, the IG found.   [MORE]