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Please address all questions or issues in writing to the following address:

*Note - Courier Deliveries are not accepted.

Department of Health and Human Services
Departmental Appeals Board, MS [add mail stop]
[name of division, if any] Division
330 Independence Ave., S.W.
Cohen Building - Room G-644
Washington, D.C. 20201

Division Names & Mail Stops (MS):
Alternative Dispute Resolution Division (MS 6132)
Appellate Division (MS 6127)
Civil Remedies Division (MS 6132)
Medicare Operations Division (MS 6127)

The Departmental Appeals Board Chair (MS 6127)

Phone: 202-565-0200
Fax: 202-565-0224

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Board Members

  • Deputy Chair, Judith Ballard
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0200 

  • Member, Stephen M. Godek
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0200 

  • Member, Sheila A. Hegy
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0200 

  • Member, Leslie A. Sussan
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0200 

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Administrative Law Judges

  • Judge, Carolyn Hughes
    • Phone.......:   202-565-9462 

  • Judge, Steven Kessel
    • Phone.......:   202-565-9462 

  • Judge, Alfonso Montano
    • Phone.......:   202-565-9462 

  • Judge, Keith Sickendick
    • Phone.......:   202-565-9462 

  • Judge, Richard Smith
    • Phone.......:   202-565-9462

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Administrative Appeals Judges

  • Judge, Clausen J. Krzywicki
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0100

  • Judge, Gilde B. Morrisson
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0100

  • Judge, M. Susan Wiley
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0100

  • Judge, Susan Yim
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0100

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Alternative Dispute Resolution Division

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Appellate Division

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Civil Remedies Division

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Medicare Operations Division

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