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To: NHPCO Membership From: NHPCO Regulatory Team Re: May 26, 2010 Palmetto GBA is Awarded the MAC Contract for Home Health and Hospice Jurisdiction C On May 25, 2010, CMS awarded a five year contract totaling $305 to Palmetto GBA to administer the Part A and Part B Medicare fee-for-service claims and to administer the Home Health and Hospice MAC Jurisdiction C. This announcement settles the contract dispute where the original award to Palmetto in January 2009 was protested. In reviewing the protest, the CMS determined that Palmetto “represented the best value for the government.” The states in Jurisdiction C that will have Palmetto as their MAC include: Alabama Kentucky Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana South Carolina Florida Mississippi Tennessee Georgia New Mexico Texas Illinois North Carolina Indiana Ohio The MAC program, created under the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003, was designed to improve service to providers, physicians and practitioners while resulting in greater administrative efficiency and effectiveness for fee-for-service Medicare. Information is available through the Palmetto GBA Web site and listserv as more details become available regarding how these decisions will affect you. There is also a CMS article “Preparing for a Transition from an FI/Carrier to a Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC),” which is available on the.
To: NHPCO Members From: NHPCO Regulatory Team Re: September 10, 2010 GAO Decides J11 MAC Contract Award Protest Summary at a Glance: The GAO denied the protest of CMS’ award of the J11 MAC contract to Palmetto GBA on September 9, 2010. Palmetto, GBA will be working closely with CMS in the coming days to begin work on implementation of the Jurisdiction 11 workload. Background: On May 25, 2010, Palmetto GBA was awarded the A/B Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) contract for Jurisdiction 11 and Home Health and Hospice MAC Jurisdiction C. On June 1, 2010, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) notified us that the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) had received a protest of CMS’ award to Palmetto GBA. The GAO denied the protest on September 9, 2010. Accordingly, we will be working closely with CMS in the coming days to begin work on implementation of the Jurisdiction 11 workload.
States included in Medicare Part A/ B MAC J11:. North Carolina. South Carolina. Virginia. West Virginia. Jurisdiction C, which includes the home health and hospice workload, is included as part of the J11 A/B MAC. These states include:.
Alabama. Mississippi. Arkansas. New Mexico. Florida. North Carolina.
Georgia. Ohio. Illinois.
Oklahoma. Indiana. South Carolina. Kentucky. Tennessee. Louisiana. Texas Palmetto GBA has one business partner for this contract, National Government Services, a subsidiary of Wellpoint.
Palmetto will continue to share information through the Palmetto GBA Web site and listserv as more details become available regarding how these decisions will affect affected providers, including transition plans and schedules. Resources for providers:. CMS article “,” available in PDF on the CMS website.
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