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Looking to improve your facility's bottom line and more effectively manage your patient financial services department? Get this free weekly e-mail that provides tips, advice and real-world strategies.

June 27, 2008   (Volume 8, Issue 77)
 
Kennedy fights for Massachusetts Medicaid
Despite beginning treatment in his battle with brain cancer, Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy has placed a flurry of phone calls to top Bush administration officials in a bid to make sure the state continues receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid money, the Boston Globe reports.
 
Medicare pays, even if providers do not
Healthcare providers are allowed to collect millions of dollars in federal Medicare payments each year despite owing the government more than $2 billion in back taxes, according to the Government Accountability Office.
 
Q&A: Therapy and Part B

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