by Mindy Aguon

Guam - It's been a long time coming, but for the first time ever, Medicare will reimburse the Guam Fire Department for their subscribers use of GFD's ambulances. GFD will be getting a $157,000 check that will cover billings for nearly half of the fiscal year the reason for the reimbursement is because GFD has successfully implemented its ambulance billing program and was accredited by Medicare.

As a result GFD can anticipate about $300,000 annually in revenue in reimbursements. GFD has never billed or collected on this before. Governor Eddie Calvo commented, "All these years the government has been throwing this money away. Now, because of the focused efforts of GFD, the lieutenant governor, and the fiscal team, we're collecting this money. Now we'll have more revenue for life-saving ambulances, fire trucks, and supplies."