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Cahaba Government Benefit Administrators®, LLC (Cahaba GBA) administers Medicare health insurance for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). We have been a Medicare contractor since the inception of the program in 1966. We are the J10 A/B Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) for the states of Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee. We currently remain the Part B Carrier for Mississippi and the Regional Home Health Intermediary (HH&H) for numerous states across the country.
Per Change Request 5979, CMS designated specific providers involved with certain demonstrations to submit claims to Cahaba GBA, the J10 A/B MAC. To learn more about our company, check the About Us page. If you are a Medicare Beneficiary and wish to learn more about Medicare, please go to www.Medicare.gov.
Our company strives to develop and improve our business practices and is committed to offering the highest quality services to CMS and the Medicare providers that we serve.
Integrity is at the core of our values, and our reputation of having the highest ethical standards is important to us. We maintain that integrity by putting our customer first, responding to their needs with urgency and compassion through teamwork, innovation, and operational continuous improvement.
Maximum Period for Submission of Medicare Claims Reduced to Not More Than 12
Months (MM6960) 
Timely
Claims Filing: Additional Instructions (MM7080) 
HIPAA
Standard Adopted
The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has adopted ASC X12 version 5010 and NCPDP version D.0 as the next HIPAA standard for HIPAA covered transactions. The final rule was published on January 16, 2009. For more information, access the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 5010 D.0 Web page.
Implementation of ICD-10-CM/PCS (Clinical Modifications/Procedure Coding System)
On January 16, 2009, the ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS final rule was published. The anticipated implementation date is October 1, 2013. For more information, access the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ICD-10-CM/PCS Web page.
