tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 37

INDUSTRY NOTES: CMS Boosts Competition With A Call For 3 New MACs

Plus:  Physicians not using even low-cost IT tools, survey finds.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is forging ahead with its plans to get the new Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) up and running.On Sept. 29, the agency issued a Request for Proposal for three of 15 separate contracts that will be issued in the transition from Medicare fiscal intermediaries and carriers to the MACs. On the same day, CMS announced that it would award the contract as a disputed contract for the specialty Durable Medical Equipment (DME) MAC in Jurisdiction C. Earlier this year, the Government...

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