In a matter of first impression arising from a local Grand Jury investigation into purported Medicare fraud by a Queens County orthopedic surgeon, this court today holds that State and Federal public policy and the statutory framework underlying the Federally funded Medicare program require that an exception to the physician-patient privilege under CPLR 4504 (a) be created.
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