Filed April 11, 2007
CMS, in turn, uses contractors known as “fiscal intermediaries” to process hospital claims. 42 U.S.C. § 1395h. 3.
Filed June 30, 2017
Hospitals then submit cost reports at the end of each Fiscal Year (“FY”) to Medicare contractors, generally private insurance companies acting on behalf of the Secretary. See 42 U.S.C. § 1395h(a); 42 C.F.R. §§ 405.1801(b)(1), 413.
Filed December 6, 2016
To obtain payment, hospitals and other Part A providers submit cost reports at the end of each fiscal year to contractors acting on behalf of HHS. See 42 U.S.C. §§ 1395h, 1395kk-1. The contractors were formerly known as fiscal intermediaries, but are now known as Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs).
Filed October 11, 2016
These entities are now known as “Medicare administrative contractors” or “MACs.” See 42 U.S.C. § 1395h. The MAC determines the payment to be made to the provider based on audits of the provider’s annual cost reports.
Filed May 12, 2017
C. Initial Determinations and the Appeal Process Many aspects of the Medicare program are administered by CMS through private contractors. See 42 U.S.C. §§ 1395h, 1395u. Cigna Government Services (“CGS”) was the DME MAC for Jurisdiction C at all relevant times.7 CMS contractors, called Zone Program Integrity Contractors (“ZPICs”), may audit Medicare claims on behalf of the MAC and CMS.
Filed February 9, 2017
In 2005, fiscal intermediaries were replaced by Medicare administrative contractors over a transition period. See 42 U.S.C. § 1395h; 42 C.F.R. §413.24(f).
Filed December 7, 2016
¶¶ 5, 8, 9, 15, 19). See also 42 U.S.C. § 1395h; 42 C.F.R. §§ 421.100, 421.
Filed October 21, 2016
Congress has authorized the Secretary to contract with private contractors, typically insurance companies, including those known today as Medicare administrative contractors (“MACs”), and who were known during previous periods as Medicare “fiscal intermediaries,” to assist the Secretary in processing claims for Medicare payment. 42 U.S.C. §§ 1395h(a), 1395u, 1395kk- 1(a)(4); 42 C.F.R. § 421.100.
Filed September 26, 2016
She has delegated considerable authority for administration of the Medicare program to the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) (formerly the Health Care Financing Administration). Congress has authorized the Secretary to contract with private contractors, typically insurance companies, including those known today as Medicare administrative contractors (“MACs”), and who were known during previous periods as Medicare “fiscal intermediaries,” to assist the Secretary in processing hospitals’ claims for payment under Medicare Part A. 42 U.S.C. §§ 1395h(a), 1395kk-1(a)(4); 42 C.F.R. § 421.100.
Filed August 5, 2016
CMS is authorized to use contractors to administer the Medicare program. See 42 U.S.C. §§ 1395h, 1395u; 42 C.F.R. § 421.5.