New Medicare Card Project

Long-Term Services and Supports WEBINAR

New Medicare Card Project Wednesday, February 28, 2018 From April 2018 to April 2019, older adults will receive new Medicare cards from CMS. To help protect elders from identity theft, these new cards will replace social security numbers with Medicare numbers that are unique to each beneficiary. Follow the CMS Medicare messaging guidelines (PDF, 106 KB, 3 pp) to share these changes with elders in your community. To help prevent identity theft, remind elders to guard their cards. This webinar focuses on the implementation of the new Medicare card and its impact throughout Indian Country. Objectives: Why CMS is undertaking this project What the Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) is How CMS will transition from the old number (HICN) to the MBI What providers should do to get ready for the new MBI How this project impacts Native Americans How CMS outreach efforts increase awareness Have questions for our presenter? Let us know before the webinar by emailing ltssinfo@kauffmaninc.com, or during the webinar. Please note your location's call-in time: 9 a.m. Hawaii 10 a.m. Alaska 11 a.m. Pacific 12 p.m. Mountain 1 p.m. Central 2 p.m. Eastern Presenters Marni Land Senior Technical Advisor Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Office of Information Technology Division of Program Management Susy Postal Chief Health Informatics Officer Indian Health Service

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