The Medicare administrative contractor (A/B MAC) award for Jurisdiction 12 has been restored to Highmark Medicare Services of Camp Hill, Pa. The entire workload will be transitioned into the new MAC contract by the end of 2008. Highmark will be the A/B MAC for Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia. The MACs are replacing fiscal intermediaries and part B contractors as the first point of contact for the processing and payment of Medicare fee-for-service claims from hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, physicians, and other healthcare practitioners.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) made the announcement following the resolution of a protest filed with the Government Accountability Office (GAO). On Nov. 5, 2007, another MAC had filed a protest against the award with the GAO, but that protest has been dismissed by the GAO. Access the MAC jurisdiction fact sheet.
