J9 Bridge A/B MAC Contract

Added: Mar 19, 2014 4:21 pm Section 911 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) mandated that the Secretary for Health and Human Services replace the current contracting authority to administer the Medicare Part A and Part B fee-for-service programs, contained under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, with the new Medicare Administrative Contractor authority. This is referred to as Medicare Contracting Reform. With enactment of MMA, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid awarded a contract using competitive procedures for new contract entities called Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs). Each contract will be for the administration of both the Medicare Part A and Part B benefits in a specified geographic jurisdiction of the country. The J9 Bridge A/B MAC contract is responsible for the administration of the Part A and Part B fee-for-service workload previously performed for a multi-state jurisdiction by both fiscal intermediaries and carriers. The J9 Bridge A/B MAC performs the current fee-for service Part A and Part B workloads for the State of Florida, and the territories of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.