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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The objective of this review was to determine whether bad debts claimed on federal fiscal year 1999 Medicare cost reports at California hospitals, for which United Government Services was the fiscal intermediary, were for bad debts previously paid as part of a settlement agreement between the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the California Department of Health Services. For the six hospitals reviewed, we identified four hospitals that had claimed $2.2 million in bad debts that were previously paid by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid under the settlement agreement.
Notice
This report may be subject to section 5274 of the National Defense Authorization Act Fiscal Year 2023, 117 Pub. L. 263.