New Medicare Card Flyer for Your Patients
CMS finished mailing new Medicare cards. The new cards without
Social Security numbers offer better identity protection. Help
protect your patient's personal identity by getting their new
Medicare Beneficiary Identifier and using it for Medicare
business, including claims submission and eligibility
transactions. Give the Get Your New Medicare Card flyer to patients who do not have a new card.
New Medicare Card: Transition Period Ends in Less Than 6
Months
Starting January 1, 2020, you must use the Medicare Beneficiary
Identifier (MBI). We will reject claims you submit with the Health
Insurance Claim Number (HICN), with a few exceptions and reject all eligibility transactions.
Many providers are using the MBI for Medicare transactions. For
the week ending July 5, providers submitted 76% of fee-for-service
claims with the MBI. Protect your patients' identities by using
MBIs now for all Medicare transactions. Don't have an MBI?
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Ask your patients for their card. If they did not get a new
card, give them the Get Your New Medicare Card flyer in English or Spanish.
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Use your Medicare Administrative Contractor's look up
tool. Sign up for the Portal to use the tool.
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Check the remittance advice. We return the MBI on the
remittance advice for every claim with a valid and active
HICN.
For more information, see the MLN Matters Article.