Industry Notes:
Social Security Numbers Ordered Off Medicare Cards
Published on Fri May 01, 2015
You and your patients won’t have to deal with the risks of their Social Security Number (SSN) printed right on their Medicare identification cards much longer, thanks to the doc fix bill enacted April 16. Due to the risk of identity theft, CMS will discontinue printing SSNs on beneficiary cards within the next four years. The OIG’s Deputy Inspector General [...]