Riverbend

Riverbend Overview

With its main headquarters in Chattanooga, Riverbend Government Benefits Administrator (Riverbend) a wholly owned subsidiary of BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Inc. serves as a Part A Intermediary under the Medicare program. In addition to the 955,000 Tennessee, Riverbend also serves Medicare enrollees in 45 other states. Riverbend serves as a multi-regional Rural Health Clinic Intermediary spanning both coasts. We are the nation's only Intermediary for Religious Non Medical Healthcare Institutions, Organ Procurement Organizations and Histocompatibility Labs. In addition, we serve as the single Intermediary for two large national Skilled Nursing Facility chains.

During the 12-month period ending September 30, 2006, Riverbend processed approximately 10.7 million claims and paid out $ 9.8 billion in benefits.

Riverbend has been a Medicare contractor since the program's inception in 1966. We expanded our operation to the eight southeastern states in 1977 with the addition of the Rural Health Clinic coverage. In 1993, Riverbend became the single intermediary for a Skilled Nursing Facility chain that operated facilities in over 20 states. When Aetna decided to cease their function as a Medicare contractor in 1997, Riverbend was chosen by the government to assume the role of Medicare payer for over 700 Rural Health Clinics and Christian Science Sanatorium throughout the country.