Press Contacts and Resources

Please note, this section provides contact information for media inquiries from members of the press.

If you are a Medicare beneficiary with a question, please call 1-800-MEDICARE.  

If you are a Medicare FFS provider with a question about claims or billing, contact your Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC): www.cms.gov/Medicare/Provider-Enrollment-and-Certification/MedicareProviderSupEnroll/downloads/contact_list.pdf.

Office of Communications
Brian Cook, Director, Media Relations Group
Patti Unruh, Deputy Director, Media Relations Group

Press Inquiries
Phone: 202-690-6145
Fax: 202-260-1462
E-mail: press@cms.hhs.gov  

Medicare/A & B Press Leads
Innovation Center
Email: Alper Ozinal
Email: Raymond Thorn

Medicare Coverage, Survey and Certification, CMS Actuary Reports
Email: Don McLeod

Payment Issues - Part A & B - Hospital Payment, Part B - Drugs, Financial Analysts
Email: Kathy Ceja

Payment Issues - Part B - Physician Payment, ESRD, CLIA
Email: Tami Holzman

Medicare Advantage, Part D, Open Enrollment
Email: Isabella Leung

Health IT, E-Health, SNF payment, Home Health, Hospice, Data Initiatives
Email: Rachel Maisler

Health Insurance Marketplaces/Medicaid Press Leads
Health Insurance Marketplace, Insurance Market Reform, Marketplace Outreach & Education
Email: Richard Olague

Health Insurance Marketplace, Insurance Market Reform, Insurance Programs
Email: Tasha Bradley

Health Insurance Marketplace, Insurance Market Reform, MLR, Rate Review
Email: Alicia Hartinger

Medicaid, Duals
Email: Emma Sandoe

CMS Programs Press Leads
Anti-Fraud, RACs, MACs, Contracts
Email: Tony Salters

Spanish Translation
Email: Carolina Fortin-Garcia

Minority Health
Email: Keya Joy-Bush

Regional Office Press Leads
Boston RO (I) - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
Email: Courtney Jenkins

New York RO (II) - New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
Email: Jeff Hall

Philadelphia RO (III) - Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
Email: Lorraine Ryan

Atlanta RO (IV) - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
Email: Lee Millman

Chicago RO (V) - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin
Email: Liz Surgener

Dallas RO (VI) - Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
Email: Bob Moos

Kansas City RO (VII) - Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska
Email: Julie Brookhart

Denver RO (VIII) - Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming
Email: Mike Fierberg

San Francisco RO (IX) - Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Pacific Territories
Email: Jack Cheevers

Seattle RO (X) - Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
Email: Stephanie Magill