Supporting Information

• The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the federal agency responsible for the administration of the Medicare program, gathered the data contained in the Supplier Directory from the National Supplier Clearinghouse (NSC).
• This information is being provided as a service to Medicare beneficiaries to obtain information about various suppliers throughout the United States. Every effort has been made to provide accurate and complete information. However, we cannot guarantee that there will be no errors. Neither the U.S. Government nor CMS assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, product, or process disclosed herein, or represents that use of such information, product, or process would not infringe on privately owned rights.
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If you get Medicare covered prescription drugs or supplies, make sure your pharmacy or supplier is enrolled in the Medicare Program. If you go to a pharmacy or supplier that is not enrolled, Medicare will not pay. You will be responsible for paying the entire bill for any drugs or supplies. You can find Medicare enrolled suppliers and pharmacies in this online directory.

For Medicare covered supplies, you should also find out if your pharmacy or supplier is participating with Medicare.

• If they are participating, they must accept assignment. This means they must accept the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full. You should only pay your 20% co-pay (and any remaining Medicare Part B deductible) when you get your supplies. This online supplier directory will tell you if the pharmacy or supplier is participating with Medicare.
• If they are not participating, they do not have to accept assignment. This means that charges may be higher, and you may pay more. You may also have to pay the entire charge at this time of service, and wait for Medicare to send you its share of the charge. This online directory will tell you if the pharmacy or supplier does not participate in Medicare.

Please visit our Frequently Asked Questions section of www.medicare.gov to get the most up-to-date answers to your Supplier Directory questions.

Disclaimer: The pages in this section contains external links that are not the responsibility nor under the control of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Neither CMS nor DHHS can attest to the accuracy, currency, or comprehensiveness of the information on any other site pages--such data are entirely the responsibility of the Webmaster of the site visited. Furthermore, CMS and DHHS do not endorse any commercial products or services that might be mentioned on these sites.

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You have the option of downloading the data that is used by the Supplier Directory tool onto your computer. The data will be downloaded as zipped Microsoft Access databases. This functionality is primarily used by health policy researchers and the media. For information about suppliers in a particular geographical area, you should use the Supplier Directory tool instead of downloading the data. Click here to proceed to the downloading section of this website.