Industry Note:
CMS Bungles Some MBIs
Published on Fri Jan 24, 2020
Medicare’s conversion to using MBIs rather than HICNs has been pretty smooth, but hasn’t gone off without a hitch, according to a new HHS Office of Inspector General report. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services “controls were generally effective in ensuring that (1) beneficiaries were properly assigned MBIs, (2) deceased beneficiaries were not mailed new Medicare cards, and (3) payments [...]