Medicaid Doctors Pay to Collect Fees; MEDICAID DOCTORS PAYING TO COLLECT Sampling of Complaints
Rugby Funding Ltd formed privately to purchase Medicaid bills from drs and pay them 90¢ on the dollar; capitalizes on long delays; operation detailed; Welfare Dept says it has paid about 20 claims but suspends payments over possible illegality; says city computerizes billing system; concedes some 6-mo delays