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Louisiana Payment Areas

 
Louisiana Payment Areas

When Provider Enrollment assigns a Medicare provider number the payment locale must be determined for Medicare payment. Medicare payments are based on a payment schedule:

  1. Medicare Fee Schedule (MFS)

The Louisiana Medicare Fee Schedule (MFS) has 2 payment locales: 001 and 99.

The MFS payment locale 001 contains the following Parishes:

The MFS payment locale 99 contains the following Parishes:

Orleans Parish
Jefferson Parish
Plaquemine Parish
St. Bernard Parish

All Parishes not listed in payment 001.

If you have office locations in both locales, a CMS 855 application for each is needed.


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