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KNOW THESE NEW CONTRACTOR NAMES

With an influx of new payment and program integrity contractors potentially making your life more difficult, refer to this list to keep them straight.

Recovery Audit Contractors

Region A (Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont) -- Diversified Collection Services (DCS), Livermore, Calif., 12.45 percent contingency fee.

Region B (Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin) -- CGI Technologies and Solutions, Fairfax, Va., 12.5 percent contingency fee.

Region C (Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Puerto Rico) -- Connolly Consulting Associates, Wilton, Conn., 9 percent contingency fee.

Region D (Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming) -- HealthDataInsights, Las Vegas, 9.49 percent contingency fee.

States in the first RAC wave rolling out now -Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana,Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York,North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Wyoming.

States in the second RAC wave rolling outAug. 1--Alabama,Alaska,Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware,District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi,Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia,Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia.

Zone Program Integrity Contractors Operating So Far

Zone 4 (Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas) -- Health Integrity.

Zone 7 (Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) -- SafeGuard Services (SGS) with subcontractor IntegriGuard.