Posts Tagged ‘The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015’
Moving From SSN to MBI: The Time to Prepare is Now
In just about a year from now the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will start mailing out new Medicare cards to beneficiaries that will eliminate the use of Social Security Numbers, replacing them with Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers (MBI). This change is pursuant to the 2015 passage of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization…
Read MoreOIG report finds claims filed on behalf of the dead
With Halloween just around the corner the HHS’ Office of the Inspector General just released a report showing that during a two-year period The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) paid out nearly half a million dollars for claims made on dead people. Federal law requires CMS to establish policies and implement claim edits to…
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