Monday, March 7, 2011

FARGO, N.D. — Noridian Administrative Services has received another contract as the DME MAC for Jurisdiction D, which includes 17 states and three U.S. island territories.

The new contract is valued at $86.2 million and includes the base year plus four one-year options to renew. CMS awarded the contract Feb. 16, and it took effect on March 1.

NAS has been the DME MAC for the jurisdiction since late 2006, and since then through 2010, has processed more than 65 million Medicare claims with benefit payouts in excess of $8.7 billion.