Medicare Provider Alert

CONTINUE TO GET PAID AFTER JANUARY 1 2020……

Do not wait. Update your patients' records and use Medicare Beneficiary identifiers (MBIs) now!

Starting January 1, you must use MBIs to bill Medicare regardless of the date of service! *REMINDER: Use MBI instead of HICN

If your patients do not bring their Medicare cards with them:

1. Give them the Get Your New Medicare Card flyer in English (or Spanish).
2. Use your Medicare Administrative Contractor’s look-up tool. Sign up for the Portal to use the tool.
3. Check the remittance advice. Until December 2019, we return the MBI on the remittance advice for every claim with a valid and active Health Insurance Claim Number (HICN).

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