In case the Commonwealth Health Center is unable to deal with the concerns put up by Medicare, then the Department of Public Health in the Northern Marianas may be denied around 10 million US Dollars as the reimbursement package.

As per Joseph Kevin Villagomez, the CNMI Public Health Secretary, the hospital will incur a huge loss, if the situation is not brought under control as early as possible.

He further stated that in case of failed certification, the hospital will not get 10-million compensation money from Medicare.

He also added that the each year Medicare gives around $8 to $10 million in reimbursements to the hospital and if it was unable to qualify the Medicare’s standards, it would face significant losses.

Mr. Villagomez states that Medicare wants the hospital to stick to the latest practice in order to provide the best possible treatment to the patients.

According to Villagomez, “We will address what Medicare wants us to address, there’s no other option for us. But we want to point out that we're not only doing this for Medicare requirements but really this is for proper patient care”.

The Medicare provides reimbursement to the hospital for quite a lot of services like dialysis, lab bills, professional charges, etc.

CHC is looking into the matter and will take all the necessary steps to comply with the Medicare rules and regulations.