The Medicare Access and CHIP (Children’s Health Insurance Program) Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015 requires...

The Medicare Access and CHIP (Children’s Health Insurance Program) Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015 requires CMS to remove Social Security Numbers (SSNs) from all Medicare cards by April 2019. A new Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) will replace the SSN-based Health Insurance Claim Number (HICN) as the identifier on all Medicare cards. CMS will begin sending new Medicare cards with the MBI to beneficiaries in April 2018. As a reminder, the following User Guides were updated to reflect the change from HICN to the new MBI. Please refer to chapter 1 of the guides for a summary of the changes: Employer Voluntary Data Sharing Agreement User Guide Non-Group Health Plan User Guide Group Health Plan User Guide

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