Medicare Carriers/Medical Directors

Last Updated December 2003

State

Carrier Name, Address and Telephone

Internet

Medical Director

Alabama

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, P.O. Box 830139, Birmingham, AL 35283-0139

Overnight
44 Inverness Center Parkway
6th Floor
Birmingham, AL 35242
(P) 205.988.2100; (F) 205.981.484

www.almedicare.com

 

 

Fred Robertson. M.D.
Carrier Medical Director
Region IV
205.981.4921
205.981.4708 (fax)
frobertson@bcbsal.org

Alaska

Noridian Mutual Insurance Company
6811 South 204th Street, Suite 300
Kent, WA 98032
(P) 877.908.8431

www.noridianmedicare.com

Dick Whitten, M.D.
Carrier Medical Director
Region

Arizona

Noridian Mutual Insurance Company
5333 North 7th Street, Suite C-123
Phoenix, AZ 85014-2821
(P) 877.908.8431 or 602-532-2506 (F) 602.532.2501

www.noridianmedicare.com

William Mangold, JR,MD, JD
Carrier Medical Director
Region IX

Arkansas

Arkansas Medicare Services
(Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield)
601 Gains Street
Little Rock, AR 72201
(P) 501.378.2000; (F) 501.378.2804
Toll Free Provider Line
877.908.8434

www.arkmedicare.com

Sidney Hayes, MD
501.918.7423
Ann Burleson
214.767.4453

California

National Heritage Insurance Co.
Northern California
6402 Otterson Drive
Chico, CA 95928
(P) 530-896-7032

Southern California
1055 W. 7th Street, Fifth Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017
(P) 213-741-5673

www.medicarenhic.com

Northern California
Carrier Medical Director-open

Southern California Carrier Medical Director-open

Colorado

Noridian Mutual Insurance Company
730 North Simms Street; Suite 100
Golden, CO 80401
(P) 877.908.8431 or 303.858.5633
(F) 303.858.5698

www.noridianmedicare.com

Robert F. Szczys, MD
Carrier Medical Director
Region VIII
(f) 303.858.5698
Robert.szczys@nordian.com

Connecticut

First Coast Service Options
P.O. Box 9000
321 Research Park Drive
Meriden, CT 06450
(P) 866.419.9455

www.connecticutmedicare.com

Frank Delli Carpini, MD
Carrier Medical Director

Delaware

Trailblazer Health Enterprises, LLC
Timonium II
1954 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093
(P) 410.316.7574; (F) 410.527.5659

www.trailblazerhealth.com

Laurence Clark, M.D.
Mitchell Burken, M.D.
Carrier Medical Director
Region III

District of Columbia

Trailblazer Health Enterprises, LLC
Timonium II
1954 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093 (P) 410.316.7574; (F) 410.527.5659

www.trailblazerhealth.com

Laurence Clark, M.D.
Carrier Medical Director
Region III
Mitchell Burken, M.D. Assistant Carrier Medical DIrector

Florida

First Coast Service Options
532 Riverside Avenue
P.O. Box 2078
Jacksonville, FL 32231

www.flordiamedicare.com

Sidney Sewell, MD
Carrier Medical Director
(Patty)
904-791-8211; 904-791-8006 (fax)

Georgia

Cahaba GBA of Georgia
P.O. Box 3018
12052 Middleground Road
Savanah, GA 31402

www.GAMEDICARE.com

 

 

Charles Whigham, MD
Carrier Medical Director
Region IV
912.921.3081

Hawaii, Guam, and Northern Mariana Islands

Noridian Mutual Insurance Company (NDBCBS)
1001 Bishop Street
Pacific Tower, Suite 985
Honolulu, HI 96813
(P) 808.522.1570, (F) 808.522.1577

www.noridianmedicare.com

 

Bernard W.D. Fong MD
Carrier Medical Director
Region IX
Specialty: Cardiology

Idaho

Cigna Healthcare
P.O. Box 49
Boise, Idaho 83707
(P) 208.333.2170 (F) 208.333.2191

www.cignamedicare.com

 

Donal G. Norris, MD
Carrier Medical Director
Region X

Illinois

Wisconsin Physician Services
111 East Wackers Drive
Chicago, IL 60611
(P) 312.228.6254; (F) 312.228.6280

www.wpsic.com

Stephen Boren, M.D.
Carrier Medical Director
Region V
sboren@WPSIC.com

Indiana

AdminaStar Federal
8115 Knue Road
Indianapolis , IN 46250
(P) 317.841.4400; (F) 317.841.4691

www.adminastar.com

www.astar-federal.com

Carolyn Cunningham, MD
Carrier Medical Director
Region V
carolyn_cunningham@aici.com

Iowa

Noridian Mutual Insurance Company
Suite 175
2200 Rittenhouse Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50320
(P) 866.502.9057 or 515.974.3603

www.noridian.com/medweb/hihome.html

Edward Hertko, MD
Carrier Medical Director
Region VII
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Ed.Hertko@noridian.com

Kansas

BCBS of Kansas
1133 Southwest Topeka Blvd.
P.O. Box 239
Topeka, KS 66629
(P) 877.567.7270

www.noridianmedicare.com

S. Satya-Murti, MD
Carrier Medical Director

Patrick Price, MD
Assistant Carrier Medical Director
Region V

Kentucky

AdminaStar Federal
9901 Linn Station Road
Louisville, KY 40223
(P) 317.841.4400; (F) 317.841.4691

www.adminastar.com

Carolyn Cunningham, MD
Carrier Medical Director
Region IV

Louisiana

Louisiana Medicare Services
8687 United Plaza Blvd.
Building 9
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Louisiana Part B Operations
P.O. Box 9850; Baton Rouge, LA 70809

www.lamedicare.com

Lynn Hickman, MD
Carrier Medical Director
Specialty: Internal Medicine
225.231.2114; 225.231.2277 (f)

Maine

National Heritage Insurance Company
75 William Terry Drive
Hingham, MA 02044
(P) 781.741.3122

www.nhic.com

Charlotte Yeh, MD
Carrier Medical Director
Region I
Specialty: Emergency Medicine
781.741.3122; 781.741.3211 (f)

Maryland

Trailblazer Health Enterprises, LLC
Timonium II
1954 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093
(P) 410.316.7574; (F) 410.527.5659

www.trailblazerhealth.com

P. Michael Riisager, MD
Carrier Medical Director
Region III
410.316.7574; 410.527.5659 (f)

Massachusetts

National Heritage Insurance Co.
75 William Terry Drive
Hingham, MA 02044
(P) 781.741.3122; (F) 781.741.3211

www.nhicmedicare.com

www.nhic.com

Charlotte Yeh, MD
Carrier Medical Director
Region I
Specialty: Emergency Medicine
781.741.3122; 781.741.3211 (f)

Michigan

Wisconsin Physician Services
600 Plaza Drive
Detroit, MI 48226
(P) 313.962.6578; (F) 313.965.7876

www.wpsic.com

Michael Rosenberg, MD
Carrier Medical Director
Region V
Specialty: Anesthesia

Minnesota

Wisconsin Physician Services
8120 Penn Avenue South
Bloomington, MN 55431
(P) 612.885.2832; (F) 612.885.2895
Provider Line: 877.908.8470

www.wpsic.com

Kathleen D. Brooks MD
Carrier Medical Director
Region V

Mississippi

Cahaba GBA
775 Woodland Parkway
Ridgeland, MS 39157
(P) 866.419.9454

www.msmedicare.com

James E. Strong, MD
Carrier Medical Director
Region IV
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Missouri

Missouri Medicare Services
BCBS of Arkansas/Missouri-Eastern Suite 200
12755 Olive Street
Creve Coeur, MO 63141
Western Missouri-BCBS of Kansas 11333 South Topeka Boulevard Topeka, KS 66629

www.momedicare.com

www.kansasmedicare.com

Eastern Missouri- Lynn Hickman, MD
Carrier Medical Director
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Western Missouri-S. Satya-Murti, MD Carrier Medical Director

Montana

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana
P.O. Box 4310
Helena, MT 59604
(P) 877.567.7203

www.medicare.bcbsmt.com

Fred Olson, MD, PhD
Carrier Medical Director
Region: VIII
Specialty: Family Practice

Nebraska

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas
1133 Southwest Topeka Blvd.
Topeka, KS 66629
(P) 785.291.7934 or 877.567.7270 (F) 785.291.7824

www.kanasasmedicare.com

S. Satya-Murti, MD
Carrier Medical Director
Region VII
Specialty: Neurology

Nevada

Noridian Mutual Insurance Company
5333 North 7th Street
Suite C-123
Phoenix, AZ 85014
(P) 602.532.2506 or 877.908.8431 (F) 602.532.2501

www.noridianmedicare.com

 

William Mangold, JR,MD, JD
Carrier Medical Director
Region IX
Specialty: Plastic Surgery

New Hampshire

National Heritage Insurance Co.
75 William Terry Drive
Hingham, MA 02044
(P) 781.741.3122; (F) 781.741.3211

www.nhic.com

Charlotte Yeh, MD
Carrier Medical Director Region I
Specialty: Emergency Medicine

New Jersey

Empire Medicare Services
300 E. Park Drive Harrisburg, PA 17111 (P) 877.567.9235

www.empiremedicare.com

Eileen M. Moynihan, MD
Carrier Medicare Director
Region III
Specialty: Rheumatology

New Mexico

Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield-Oklahoma/New Mexico Territory Medicare Services P.O. Box 25500 Oklahoma City, OK 73125-0500 (P) 877.567.9230

www.oknnmedicare.com

Lynn Hickman, MD Carrier Medical Director

New York

Empire Medicare Services
P.O. Box 288
Crompond, NY 10517-0288 (P) 877.869.6504
Bronx, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, Sullivan, Ulster & Westchester

Group Health Incorporated (NY)
25 Broadway
New York, NY 10004
(P) 877-868-7965
Queens County, NY Only

www.empiremedicare.com







www.ghimedicare.com

Norbert Rainford, MD
Carrier Medical Director
Specialty: Cardiology; 914.248.2725

Paul Deutsch, MD
Associate Carrier Medical Director
Region II
Specialty: Cardiology; 914.248.3214
914.248.2766 (f)

Joseph G. Presto, MD
Medical Director

Upstate New York

Health Now- New York
33 Lewis Road; P.O. Box 5236
Binghamton, NY 13902 (P) 877.567.7173

www.umd.nycpic.com

Edward Cox, MD
Carrier Medical Director
Region II
Emcox@nypic.com

North Carolina

CIGNA North Carolina
4125 Mendlehall Oaks Parkway Highpoint, NC 27265 (P) 866.238.9651

www.cignamedicare.com

Boyd Honeycutt, MD
Carrier Medical Director
Region IV
boyd.honeycutt@cigna.com

North Dakota

Noridian Mutual Insurance Company
9600 Southwest Oak Street, Suite 340 Portland, OR 97223 (P) 503.977.1205

www.noridianmedicare.com

George Waldman, MD
Carrier Medical Director
Region VIII

Ohio

Palmetto GBA
3400 South Park Place, Suite F Grove City, OH 43123-4846 (P) 877.567.9232

www.palmettogba.com

Robert Kamps, MD
Carrier Medical Director

Oklahoma

Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield-Oklahoma/New Mexico Territory
Medicare Services P.O. Box 25500 Oklahoma City, OK 73125-0500 (P) 877.567.9230

www.oknnmmedicare.com

Lynn Hickman, MD
Carrier Medical Director
Region VI

Oregon

Noridian Mutual Insurance Company
9600 SW Oak Street, Suite 340
Portland, OR 97223-6586 (P) 503.977.1205

www.noridianmedicare.com George Waldmann, MD
Carrier Medical Director

Pennsylvania

HGS Administrators
P.O. Box 890413
Camp Hill, PA 17089-0065
(P) 717.763.3151
(F) 717.975.7045

www.hgsa.com

Andrew Bloschichak, MD; MBA
Medical Director
Region III
Abloschichak@highmark.com

Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands

Triple-S Inc.
Box 71391
1441 Franklin D. Roosevelt Ave, 4th Floor
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936 (P) 787.749.4144
(F) 787.749.4092

www.triples-med.org

Gonzalo Ganzalez LiBoy, MD
Carrier Medical Director
Region II
Specialty: Internal Medicine
gvgll035@pol.net

Rhode Island

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island
444 Westminster Street
Providence, RI 02903; (P) 401-459-1000
(F) 401-459-1709

www.rimedicare.com

Parker Staples, MD
Carrier Medical Director

South Carolina

Palmetto Government Benefits Administrators
2300 Springdale Drive BUILDING ONE
P.O. Box 100190 Columbia, SC 29202
Camden, SC 29020 (P) 866.238.9654

www.palmettogba.com

David P. Sheridan, MD, MS
Carrier Medical Director

South Dakota

Noridian Mutual Insurance Company
Suite 175
2200 Rittenhouse Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50320
(P) 866.502.9057 or 515.974.3603

www.noridianmedicare.com Edward Hertko, MD
Carrier Medical Director
Region VII
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Ed.Hertko@noridian.com

Tennessee

CIGNA Medicare
2 Vantage Way Nashville, TN 37228 (P) 866.238.9651

www.cignamedicare.com 

Eugene Winter, MD
Carrier Medical Director

Texas

Trailblazers Health Enterprises, LLC
P.O. Box 660156
Dallas, TX 75266-0156
Street Address: 8330 LBJ Freeway, Executive Center 3
Dallas, TX 75243
(P) 972.766.6900 (F) 972.766.1765

www.trailblazerhealth.com

Charles Haley, MD
Carrier Medical Director
Region VI
Deborah Patterson, MD Assistant Carrier Medical Director

Utah

Regence Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oregon
P.O. Box 8110 M/S D-8C Portland, OR 97207-8110
Street Address: 1600 SW Fourth Street, 4th Floor Portland, OR 97201
(P) 801-333-2000
(F) 801-333-6510

www.ut.medicare.regence.com

John Stone, MD
Carrier Medical Director
Region VII
jstone@regence.com

Vermont

National Heritage Insurance Co.
75 William Terry Drive
Hingham, MA 02044 (P) 781.741.3122; (F) 781.741.3211

www.nhic.com

Charlotte Yeh, MD
Carrier Medical Director
Region I
Specialty: Emergency Medicine

Virginia

Trailblazers Health Enterprises, LLC Timonium II
1954 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093
(P) 410.316.7574; (F) 410.527.5659

www.trailblazerhealth.comx 

Lawrence Clark, MD
Carrier Medical Director

Washington

Noridian Administrative Services
6811 South 204th, Suite 300
Kent, WA 98032-2359
(P) 2533437.5402

www.noridianmedicare.comx  Richard Whitten, MD
Carrier Medical Director

West Virginia

Palmetto GBA
3400 South Park Place, Suite F Grove City, OH 43123-4846 (P) 877.567.9232

www.palmettogba.com Robert Kamps, MD
Medical Director

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Physician Service
1601 Engel Street P.O. Box 1787 Madison, WI 53713

www.wpsic.com  Kenneth Bussan, MD
Carrier Medical Director

Wyoming

Noridian Mutual Insurance Company
730 North Simms Street, Suite 100 Golden, CO 80401-4730 (P) 877.908.8431 or 303.858.5633
(F) 303.858.5698

www.noridianmedicare.com  Robert F. Szczys, MD
Carrier Medical Director
Region VIII
Robert.szczys@nordian.com
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