New Medicare Cards Are in Effect: Start Submitting Claims Using New MBIs
In April 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) began mailing new Medicare cards to all active Medicare beneficiaries. All beneficiaries should now be in possession of new cards that reflect their individual Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers (MBIs). This new number takes the place of social security number-based health insurance claim numbers (HICNs) used…