1 While Medicare home health payments totaled $15.7 billion, payments under the outlier provision were $996 million, or 6.3% of expenditures. 2  This is a significant increase over the 3% level of outlier claims paid in the early years of the program (2000 through 2002.).
Where do black swans live? Black swans are endemic to Australia, and breed primarily on wetlands in south-eastern and -western Australia and nearby coastal islands, covering a range of between one and ten million square kilometers. They are rarely found in northern Australia and the centre.
For other uses, see Black swan (disambiguation) . The black swan (Cygnus atratus) is a large waterbird, a species of swan, which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia. The species was hunted to extinction in New Zealand, but later reintroduced. mature black swan measures between 110 and 142 centimetres (43 and 56 in) in length and weighs 3.7â9 kilograms (8.2â19.8 lb). Its wing span is between 1.6 and 2 metres (5.2 and 6.6 ft). The neck is long (relatively the longest neck among the swans) and curved in an S-shape.