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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

  • Chief, Neil Kaufman
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0118

  • Attorney Advisor, Patrick Chapman
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0120

  • IT Project Manager, Delphine Dennis
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0141

  • Attorney Advisor, Anthony J. Smith
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0161

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Appellate Division

  • Chief, Carolyn Reines-Graubard
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0116

  • Attorney Advisor, Sara Anderson
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0138

  • Paralegal Specialist, June Julien
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0191

  • Legal Assistant, Karen Moser
    • Phone.......:   202-565-9538

  • Attorney Advisor, Nancy Rubenstein
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0125

  • Attorney Advisor, Jeffrey Sacks
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0123

  • Attorney Advisor, Ken Veilleux
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0130

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Civil Remedies Division

  • Chief, Oliver Potts
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0151

  • Team Leader, Vacant
    • Phone.......:  

  • Attorney Advisor, Debra Berube
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0154

  • Paralegal Specialist, George Birchette
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0163

  • Legal Assistant, Frances Butler
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0105

  • Attorney Advisor, Kevin Detherage
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0160

  • Legal Assistant, Linda Hawkins
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0152

  • Attorney Advisor, Crystina Hong
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0156

  • Office Automation Assistant, Niko Moss
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0107

  • Paralegal Specialist, Kimberley Roane
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0153

  • Attorney Advisor, Debra Sapper
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0162

  • Attorney Advisor, Andrea Selzer
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0199

  • Attorney Advisor, Maxine Winerman
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0147

  • Office Automation Assistant, Frances Winters
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0108

  • Attorney Advisor, Jill Wright
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0173

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Medicare Operations Division

  • Chief, Stanley Osborne
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0100

  • Team Leader, Angela Johnson
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0100

  • Attorney Advisor, Amanda Axeen
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0100

  • Attorney Advisor, Adrienne Baron-Garcia
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0100

  • Legal Assistant, Maurice Byrd
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0100

  • Attorney Advisor, Carmen Cafasso
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0100

  • Attorney Advisor, Whitney Fisler
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0100

  • Legal Assistant, Martha Flores
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0100

  • Analyst, Matthew Gallo
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0100

  • Attorney Advisor, Rachael Graubard
  • Attorney Advisor, Carson Hawley
  • Attorney Advisor, Rene’Vanessa Jefferson
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0100

  • Attorney Advisor, Eric Lester
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0100

  • Legal Assistant, Aimee Lovelace
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0100

  • Attorney Advisor, Laura Macklin
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0100

  • Analyst, Max Mararac
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0100

  • Legal Assistant, Tishaun Montue
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0100

  • Attorney Advisor, Scott Pritchett
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0100

  • Attorney Advisor, Deborah Samenow
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0100

  • Paralegal Specialist, Brenda Seegars
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0100

  • Paralegal Specialist, Elba Soto
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0100

  • Attorney Advisor, Christopher Villator
  • Attorney Advisor, Leslie Weyn
    • Phone.......:   202-565-0100

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