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Federal Medicaid Contacts

Provided by the Health Care Financing Administration ("HCFA")
Updated 4/22/96

Questions concerning individual benefits should be directed to the appropriate Medicaid agency for the state of residence of the Medicaid beneficiary.


All inquiries from members of the press should be directed to the Office of Public Liaison (202) 690-6145 or pgarrett@hcfa.gov.

If no contact is listed for a specific area, please refer questions to the Office of Beneficiary Services Hotline (410) 786-7144.



AIDS Randy Graydon (410) 786-1357 or rgraydon@hcfa.gov Clinics Aaron Allen (410) 786-1119 or aallen@hcfa.gov Compliance Ernestine Jones (410) 786-7813 or ejones@hcfa.gov Drug/Drug Rebate Program Al Beachley (410) 786- 3276 or abeachley@hcfa.gov Early and Periodic Screening, Cindy Ruff (410) 786-5916 or cruff@hcfa.gov Diagnostic and Treatment Program Gina Fletcher (410) 786-3293 or gfletcher@hcfa.gov Electronic Data Interchange/ Marilyn Abramovitz (410) 786-5939 or mabramovitz@hcfa.gov Standards Development
Eligibility Marty Svolos (410) 786-4582 or msvolos@hcfa.gov Estate Recovery Issues Phil Otto (410) 786-7252 or potto@hcfa.gov Expenditure Data Miles McDermott (410) 786-3722 or mmcdermott@hcfa.gov Federally Qualified Health Aaron Allen (410) 786-1119 or aallen@hcfa.gov Centers (FQHC) Fraud & Abuse Pete Rinehart (410) 786-9537 or prinehart@hcfa.gov Freedom of Choice Waivers Anna Meyers (410) 786-5364 or ameyers@hcfa.gov (1915(b) waivers) Help in Paying for Medicare Vicky Wallace (410) 786-3264 or vwallace@hcfa.gov Premiums (Qualified Medicare Beneficiary) Historically Black Colleges Helaine Jeffers (410) 786-5648 or hjeffers@hcfa.gov and University Conference HIV/AIDS treatment Violet Baxter (410) 786-4577 or vbaxter@hcfa.gov (Medicaid coverage of) Home and Community Based Mary Jean Duckett (410) 786-3294 or mduckett@hcfa.gov Services Home Health Services Bill Coons (410) 786-5921 or wcoons@hcfa.gov Laura Gange (410)786-3395 or lgange@hcfa.gov Hospice Services Tom Shenk (410) 786-3295 or tshenk@hcfa.gov Terry Pratt (410) 786-5831 or tpratt@hcfa.gov Carol Blackford (410) 786-5909 or cblackford@hcfa.gov Hospital Services Aaron Allen (410) 786-1119 or aallen@hcfa.gov Indian Health Care Jo Jo Hunt (410) 786-3414 or jhunt3@hcfa.gov (Medicaid Participation) Institutions for Mental Winona Hocutt (410) 786-3329 or whocutt@hcfa.gov Diseases Terese Klitenic (410) 786-5942 or tklitenic@hcfa.gov Mary Kay Mullen (410) 786-5480 or mmullen@hcfa.gov Linda Peltz (410) 786-3399 or lpeltz@hcfa.gov Verna Tyler (410) 786-8518 or vtyler@hcfa.gov Intermediate Care Facilities Lynn Spies (410) 786-5936 or lspies@hcfa.gov for the Mentally Retarded Internet Tom Wilmer (410) 786-4647 or twilmer@hcfa.gov (Medicaid Home Page Comments and Suggestions) Legislative Proposals Don Johnson (202) 690-7762 or djohnson4@hcfa.gov Managed Care Rachel Block (410) 786-9507 or rblock@hcfa.gov Maternal and Child Health Barbara Marmion (410) 786-3371 or bmarmion@hcfa.gov Pat Hufford (410) 786-3393 or phufford@hcfa.gov Marlene Jones (410) 786-3290 or mjones3@hcfa.gov Medicaid Statistical Stanley Nachimson (410) 786-6153 or snachimson@hcfa.gov Information System (MSIS) Medicare Transaction
System Dave Czerski (410) 786-1292 or dczerski@hcfa.gov (Medicaid Issues) National Provider System Henry Chao (410) 786-7811 or hchao@hcfa.gov Nursing Facility Services Jan Earle (410) 786-3326 or jearle@hcfa.gov Personal Care Services Terese Klitenic (410) 786-5942 or tklitenic@hcfa.gov Linda Peltz (410) 786-3399 or lpeltz@hcfa.gov Physical therapy,
Occupational Therapy
and Services with Speech, Terese Klitenic (410) 786-5942 or tklitenic@hcfa.gov Hearing and Language
Disorders Linda Peltz (410) 786-3399 or lpeltz@hcfa.gov Practitioners/Specific
Services Jennifer Raley (410) 786-5973 or jraley@hcfa.gov Privacy Act Issues Denise Fitzgerald (410) 786-2639 or dfitzgerald@hcfa.gov Program Data and Statistics Roger Buchanan (410) 786-0780 or rbuchanan@hcfa.gov HCFA 2082 Report Clarence Small (410) 786-0251 or csmall@hcfa.gov (Programming) HCFA 2082 Report Anthony Parker (410) 786-0155 or tparker@hcfa.gov (Data) MSIS Data in Julius Hodges (410) 786-3677 or jhodges@hcfa.gov Electronic Format Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries Vicky Wallace (410) 786-3264 or vwallace@hcfa.gov Rehabilitation Services Terese Klitenic (410) 786-5942 or tklitenic@hcfa.gov Linda Peltz (410) 786-3399 or lpeltz@hcfa.gov Rural Health Clinics Aaron Allen (410) 786-1119 or aallen@hcfa.gov School Based Services Jennifer Raley (410) 786-5873 or jraley@hcfa.gov Amy Sobehrad (410) 786-5936 or asoberhrad@hcfa.gov State Plan Elliott Weisman (410) 786-5639 or eweisman@hcfa.gov Statewide Health Care Reform Gloria Smiddy (410) 786-7723 or gsmiddy@hcfa.gov Waivers (1115 waivers) Targeted Case Management Pat Helphenstine (410) 786-5900 or helphenstine@hcfa.gov Services Third Party Liability Marty Svolo (410) 786-4582 or msvolos@hcfa.gov Transportation Gina Fletcher (410) 786-3293 or rfletcher@hcfa.gov Amy Sobehrad (410) 786-5936 or asobehrad@hcfa.gov Vaccine for Children Joan Mahanes (410) 786-4583 or jmahanes@hcfa.gov


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