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Contract Award for the DME Front End Common Electronic Data Interchange (posted 11/30/2017)
Policy ID: mac contractSpecialty: Multi-specialtyAdded: 5/31/2026mac contract
What changed
On November 20, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded National Government Services (NGS) a new contract for the administration of the Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Front End Common Electronic Data Interchange (CEDI) contract for Jurisdictions A, B, C and D. CMS anticipates that implementation of the new contract will go smoothly, with few, if any, service issues for Medicare beneficiaries, suppliers and trading partners. Learn more about this at CEDI Award Fact Sheet (PDF).
Who’s affected: Multi-specialty billing teams
Primary source: View the official CMS/MAC document ↗
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