Eli's Hospice Insider

Published on Tue Jun 18, 2019 PDF

Don’t fall behind your peers in transitioning over to using Medicare Beneficiary identifier rather than Health Insurance Claim Numbers.

In MAC CGS’s region, Washington, D.C. had the highest percentage of hospice claims using the MBI for April, while Utah had the lowest, the HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor reveals on its website.

“CGS encourages home health and hospice providers to begin submitting the MBI before the end of the transition period, December 31, 2019,” it says. “CGS is monitoring MBI submissions to ensure providers are ready for this transition.”

See state MBI stats at https://cgsmedicare.com/hhh/pubs/news/2019/0519/cope12541.html.