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Article: CMS Selects Palmetto GBA to Administer Medicare Claims in 3 States, 3 U.S. Territories.
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- November 5, 2007
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COLUMBIA, S.C., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Palmetto GBA, a leading provider of technical and administrative services for the federal government, today announced it has been selected by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to process fee-for-service Medicare claims and perform related duties for California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.
CMS awarded Palmetto GBA a contract with a base period of one year and four one-year options to serve as the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) for those states and U.S. territories, known as MAC Jurisdiction 1. The contract has a potential value of approximately $400 ...