tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 18

INDUSTRY NOTES: Providers Say Good-Bye To Part B Carriers And Hello To MAC Transition

Plus:  Medicare will cover pancreas transplants--but only in a few cases.Part B carriers will soon be a thing of the past. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is replacing the carriers and intermediaries with Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) for both Part A and Part B.There will be just 15 MACs serving the whole country. In late June, CMS will award its first MAC contract, for a district that includes Arizona, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. The new contractor will take over those states in July 2007.And CMS is going to be soliciting...

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