1.   Currently, such providers bill the government for their costs.

2.   Gales billed the government for transporting patients in his Corvette as if they were stretcher-bound patients who needed an ambulance.

3.   In doing so, officials say, they are billing the government twice for the same service.

4.   Sgt. Jeczala insisted that she did not bill the government for those calls, but she did not fully explain her reimbursement.

5.   The Justice Department said Thursday that it would join in a whistle-blower lawsuit that accuses TRW Inc. of falsely billing the government for expenses.

6.   Their lawyer, Michael Leibig, said recently that he has not been paid yet and that he plans to bill the government.

7.   Under the Canada Health Act, doctors bill the government for most services to the public.

8.   U.S. TO JOIN SUIT AGAINST TRW The Justice Department said that it would join in a whistle-blower lawsuit that accuses TRW of fraudulently billing the government for expenses.

9.   Under federal law, it is a crime to bill the government, patients or others for free drug samples.

10.   Under the Medicare program, home-health agencies can receive reimbursement for the cost of billing the government for their services.