tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2018 Issue 13

Industry Note: Use the New Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers ASAP

Now that your patients are getting their Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) numbers, you should be using these new numbers on your claims. Reminder: CMS began mailing out new Medicare cards with MBIs in April. “MBIs will replace the existing Social Security Number-based Health Insurance Claim Number (HICN) on the new Medicare cards and in the systems Medicare uses now,” CMS explains in a recent update. “Medicare will replace all current cards and SSN-based numbers by April 2019.” CMS urges providers to “use the MBI to bill Medicare as soon as you get a Medicare...

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