The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that CGS Administrators (CGS), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, has won a contract to continue as the Durable Medical Equipment Medicare Administrative Contractor (DME MAC) for Medicare’s Jurisdiction C. CGS has operated as a Medicare contractor since inception of the Medicare program in 1966.
The contract, which includes a base year starting September 1, 2012, and four option years, is valued at more than $170 million. CGS employs more than 900 people at its headquarters and more than 120 in offices in Des Moines, Iowa, and High Point, NorthCarolina. The new contract means current staffing levels will be maintained and there will be some new positions filled in the near future, according to a CGS press release.
The largest of four DME MAC jurisdictions in the United States, Jurisdiction C represents more than 13 million Medicare beneficiaries and more than 37,000 Medicare suppliers. The jurisdiction includes Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Virginia, and West Virginia.
To read the fact sheet concerning the contract award, visit the CMS website.
In addition to Jurisdiction C, CGS has one other CMS contract. CGS is the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) for Medicare Part A (institutional) and Medicare Part B (professional services) for Jurisdiction 15 (Kentucky and Ohio) and provides Medicare Home Health and Hospice administrative services in Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
