tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2019 Issue Q3

Industry Note: Vendors and Partners Must Use MBIs, Too

Statistics shows that providers are doing a great job with the Medicare card transition. However, vendors and business associates may have missed the memo, and could still be submitting claims with the old numbers. Details: According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), on or after Jan. 1, 2020, your claims must be submitted with the Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers (MBIs) “no matter what date you performed the service.” And that includes submissions from your vendors and/or clearinghouses, an MLN Connects suggests. If the claims you send to your vendors/clearinghouses come back and “you see...

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