AOPA Alert---Information for Medicare Providers on Hurricane Katrina Issues

AOPA

Description

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

Citation

AOPA, “AOPA Alert---Information for Medicare Providers on Hurricane Katrina Issues,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/225353.