Starting in April 2018, CMS will begin mailing new Medicare cards to our beneficiaries that includes a new Medicare Number. Medicare is removing Social Security Numbers from the Medicare cards and replacing it with a new alpha-numeric number.

CMS plans to have a transition period where you can use either the HICN or the Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) to exchange data with them. The transition period will begin April 1, 2018 and run through December 31, 2019.

For more provider information about the new Medicare cards, check the webpage below for updates.

https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/New-Medicare-Card/Providers/Providers.html