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Use MBI Tool to Review Deceased Patients' Information

Published on Fri Jan 24, 2020

Date of death factors into MBI accessibility. You can still pull up a patient’s Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) information, even if that patient has expired, says Part B Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Palmetto GBA in a new post on its website. “Users may obtain an MBI as long as the Medicare beneficiary information entered is valid and the beneficiary’s date [...]
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