Medicare cards with Social Security Numbers will no longer be accepted effective Jan. 1, 2020.
South Dakota Senior Health Information and Insurance Education program director Caitlin Christensen says Medicare beneficiaries are going to be required to use their new Medicare Beneficiary Identifier. She says if a beneficiary has not yet received a new Medicare card, they should contact the Social Security Administration.
Christensen says new Medicare cards, which were mailed to South Dakota Medicare beneficiaries in 2018, feature a Medicare Beneficiary Identifier number instead of a Social Security Number. She says individuals with Medicare will need their new MBIs when they change plans or are admitted to the hospital. MBIs are confidential and should not be shared with other individuals.
For more information, please visit www.shiine.net or www.medicare.gov.
