The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced March 18 that National Government Services (NGS) has been awarded a contract of up to five years for the combined administration of Part A and Part B Medicare claims payment in Connecticut and New York. NGS will serve 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 in the two states.
As the A/B MAC contractor, NGS will immediately begin implementation activities and will assume full responsibility for the claims processing work in its two-state jurisdiction no later than November 2008. Headquartered in Indianapolis, NGS is the sixth new Part A/Part B MAC to be named by CMS. By 2011, a total of 15 new Part A/Part B Medicare contractors will cover every state and the District of Columbia. Read the press release.
