News Report | May 8, 2000
HCFA Selects Contractors to Process Medicare Part B Claims in Five States
May 8, 2000
HCFA Selects Contractors to Process Medicare Part B Claims in Five States
Four companies were selected by the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) as Medicare Part B claims processors for Connecticut, Minnesota, Mississippi, and Virginia as a replacement for United Health Group. One company was selected as the Medicare Part B claims processor for southern California to replace Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company. United Health Group and Transamerica advised HCFA in February that they would discontinue participation in the Medicare fee-for-service program. Part B contractors, known as carriers, process claims . . .