tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2019 Issue Q4

Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers: HICNs Set to Reject on Jan. 1

Tip: Help your patients get their MBIs ASAP. In less than a month, the feds will reject Medicare claims with patients’ old HICNs. It’s crunch time — start using MBIs now! Reminder: Starting on Jan. 1 — no matter the date of service — the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will reject claims with the old Health Insurance Claims Numbers (HICNs), with a few exceptions. The transition comes to a close on Dec. 31, and providers should be using patients’ new Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers (MBIs) on their claims submissions as of Jan. 1. Remember, CMS initiated...

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