Cahaba Safeguard Administrators

CSA was created in 2002 to administer the provisions of any task orders under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) Program Safeguard Contract (PSC). However, the company's organization's experience reaches back over 35 years as a Medicare contractor and 70 years as an insurance provider in Alabama. In 1996, Congress enacted the Med... icare Integrity Program to give CMS the authority to contract with other than, but not excluding, Medicare Carriers and Fiscal Intermediaries to perform certain PSC functions. This strategy for the detection and prevention of fraud and abuse involves separating program safeguard functions from claims processing activities. CSA was one of 12 PSCs awarded a contract to perform this work. Working with the extensive reach of the Medicare program, the company has gained valuable experience working with multiple terabytes of healthcare data from all 50 states and years of accumulated healthcare information. Very few organizations today have access to such a rich and comprehensive body of knowledge, resources, and experience as that available to the company's organization. CMS, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and TRICARE Military Health Services have recognized the company's healthcare analytical approaches with the award of several additional contracts.Read More