Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Note:

SSN-Free Card Change Affects Home Care A Little Differently

Home health agencies will get a little extra time to use the old HICNs when Medicare changes over to using Social Security Number-free ID numbers for beneficiaries. Reminder: A new Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) 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, the Centers [...]
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