Home Health & Hospice Week

Palmetto transition goes smoothly, new HHH MAC says. CIGNA Government Services has announced the date it will take over Cahaba GBA's home health Medicare contracting region, and it could mean a hectic summer for home care providers. CIGNA will begin operating as the Jurisdiction 15 Home Health & Hospice Medicare Administrative Contractor (HHH MAC) on June 13, CIGNA says in a new post to its website. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced the contract award with no implementation date late last fall (see Eli's HCW, Vol. XIX, No. 43, p. 341). CMS originally awarded the J15 workload to Highmark Medicare Services (see Eli's HCW, Vol. XVIII, No. 3, p. 19). But after a protest, CMS switched to CIGNA. CIGNA will service Cahaba's current region covering Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. [...]