Strong patient volume and revenue growth contributed to another extremely successful quarter.

We feel very good about our future going forward, ... Part of the repositioning we've done over the last three to four years is really starting to pay off for us now.

[When an analyst asked whether slower growth in bad debt during the first quarter was] sort of a fluke, ... You know, this is a volatile business. You have some months that are up and some months that are down and what you've got to do is kind of look and say, 'What is the trend, and what do you feel about it?' .

This is an important step toward moving the company back into a normal cycle of reporting and payment with CMS.