AOPA Alert---Information for Medicare Providers on Hurricane Katrina Issues
AOPA
Description
Collection
Title:
AOPA Alert---Information for Medicare Providers on Hurricane Katrina Issues
Creator:
AOPA
Date:
9/7/2005
Text:
The CMS staff expresses our deepest concern and hope to those coping
with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. We appreciate the dedication
and support from the health care community during this time of loss,
suffering, and sadness for so many people.
A list of Questions & Answers is available online at:
<URL Redacted>. We will continue to add to the Qs & As
and include the dates they were added/revised. So please continue
to check back.
For Medicare physicians and other health care providers in the
affected areas who have questions/are experiencing Medicare issues
related to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, please refer to the
contacts below.
Medicare Contractor & CMS Regional Office Contacts
Regarding Hurricane Katrina Issues
For the quickest service, CMS asks that you please try to get your
question answered/issue(s) resolved in the order listed below.
1.) First try---Contact your Medicare carrier or fiscal intermediary
with questions regarding billing, coverage, and other issues. Their
toll-free provider telephone numbers are listed at:
<URL Redacted>
2.) Second try, if necessary---Contact the following carrier and
fiscal intermediaries (main offices) below only if you are unable
to reach a customer service representative via the toll-free telephone
numbers, or if they could not answer your question.
Trispan (601) 664-4466
Mutual (866) 734-9444 ext. 2273
Cahaba MS (601) 977-5850
Cahaba AL (205) 220-1336
Cahaba IA (515) 471-7302
Palmetto (803) 788-0222
(DMERC)
Palmetto (803) 763 1856 (South Carolina)
(RHHI) (727) 773-9225 ext. 15360 (Florida)
Arkansas BCBS (FI and carrier) (501) 210-9254
TrailBlazer Health Enterprises (FI and carrier) (903) 463-8054
prefers e-mail contact: <Email Address Redacted>
3.) Third try, if necessary---Contact the appropriate CMS regional
office, only if you do not get a helpful response from the contacts
above:
Atlanta Regional Office
(404) 562-7390 ; (404) 462-7374; (404) 562-7242
Dallas Regional Office
(214)-767-6401; (214)-767-8123; (214)-767-0250
Kansas City Regional Office
(816) 426- 5033; (816) 426-6389
with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. We appreciate the dedication
and support from the health care community during this time of loss,
suffering, and sadness for so many people.
A list of Questions & Answers is available online at:
<URL Redacted>. We will continue to add to the Qs & As
and include the dates they were added/revised. So please continue
to check back.
For Medicare physicians and other health care providers in the
affected areas who have questions/are experiencing Medicare issues
related to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, please refer to the
contacts below.
Medicare Contractor & CMS Regional Office Contacts
Regarding Hurricane Katrina Issues
For the quickest service, CMS asks that you please try to get your
question answered/issue(s) resolved in the order listed below.
1.) First try---Contact your Medicare carrier or fiscal intermediary
with questions regarding billing, coverage, and other issues. Their
toll-free provider telephone numbers are listed at:
<URL Redacted>
2.) Second try, if necessary---Contact the following carrier and
fiscal intermediaries (main offices) below only if you are unable
to reach a customer service representative via the toll-free telephone
numbers, or if they could not answer your question.
Trispan (601) 664-4466
Mutual (866) 734-9444 ext. 2273
Cahaba MS (601) 977-5850
Cahaba AL (205) 220-1336
Cahaba IA (515) 471-7302
Palmetto (803) 788-0222
(DMERC)
Palmetto (803) 763 1856 (South Carolina)
(RHHI) (727) 773-9225 ext. 15360 (Florida)
Arkansas BCBS (FI and carrier) (501) 210-9254
TrailBlazer Health Enterprises (FI and carrier) (903) 463-8054
prefers e-mail contact: <Email Address Redacted>
3.) Third try, if necessary---Contact the appropriate CMS regional
office, only if you do not get a helpful response from the contacts
above:
Atlanta Regional Office
(404) 562-7390 ; (404) 462-7374; (404) 562-7242
Dallas Regional Office
(214)-767-6401; (214)-767-8123; (214)-767-0250
Kansas City Regional Office
(816) 426- 5033; (816) 426-6389
Citation
AOPA, “AOPA Alert---Information for Medicare Providers on Hurricane Katrina Issues,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 24, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/225353.
