United States
Search    
Include All CSL Behring Country Sites

Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carriers

The DMERC’s consist of four insurance companies under contract with CMS to process and pay claims under Medicare Part B for DME, certain drugs, orthotics, prosthetics and medical supplies. The four current regional carriers are listed below, including all US states and territories within a particular region. Please note the change in Carrier for Region D effective October 2006.

Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carriers

  • DMERC Region A: National Heritage Insurance Company
  • Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
  • www.medicarenhic.com   customer service: 866-419-9458
DMERC Region B:  AdminaStar Federal, Inc
  • Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin
  • www.adminastar.com   customer service: 877-299-7900

MERC Region C:  Palmetto GBA, LLC

  • Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, US Virgin Islands, Virginia and West Virginia
  • www.palmettogba.com  800-270-4909
  • DMERC Region D:  Noridian Adminstrative Services (effective 10/2006)
    Currently administered by Cigna Medicare
  • Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming
  • www.cignamedicare.com
  • www.noridianmedicare.com 
  • contact number will remain the same: 866-243-7272

Display a print-friendly version of this issue:
Reimbursement Alert Online August 2006

Next: CMS establishes new code and separate therapeutic class “Injection, Immune Globulin, Subcutaneous”

Previous: Vivaglobin®, pump, tubing & ancillaries are reimbursed by the DMERC

ZLB Behring assumes no responsibility for the individual interpretation of any material, facts, or references provided within the context of its publication of Reimbursement alert.