The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015, requires clinicians to remove Social Security Numbers (SSNs) from all Medicare cards by April 2019.

A new Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) consisting of alpha numeric identification will replace the SSN-based Health Insurance Claim Number (HICN) on the new Medicare cards for Medicare transactions like billing, eligibility status, and claim status. This will be known as the members MBI moving forward.

See the new flyer here: https://www.medicare.gov/Pubs/pdf/12002-New-Medicare-Card-flyer.pdf

The New Medicare cards will start being mailed out in April 2018.

Please make sure your patients are aware of these changes!!

Here are some Resources to Download to assist in the transition. Please provide these to your patients:

Here is a poster you can print and display in your treatment rooms to better inform your patients about the upcoming cards:

Medicare Poster

Here is a flyer for you and your patients to understand the 10 most important issues with the new Medicare identification cards:

Medicare Flyer

For those of you with digital information screens in your reception areas, you can download this video from here:

Medicare Video